As I was checking out my new 15-caret gold Rolex watch, I was deeply troubled with your accusation in your article "Something Worth Saying," that “most of the students” on Chapman “are spoiled.” You claim that Chapman is “bursting with rich kids” and that you can see their amount of wealth in what kind of cars they drive and what clothing line they wear. However, I walk around the campus in my thousand dollar suit and I don’t see students wearing clothes from Bloomingdales. Ok, I sometimes I see girls wearing designer clothes made in France and guys wearing Gucci shoes, but that is besides the point. You don’t see people carrying hundred dollar bills in their pockets. They leave them in their Corvettes and Mustangs, like me. It is just really convenient for me to leave my mounds of money in my brand new 2010 ford Mustang. Did I mention that it is navy blue with cool racing stripes?
It is funny how you talk like Chapman University is the only university that has “spoiled” rich kids. What about students who go to Harvard or Yale? Berkeley? Do they not have “spoiled” rich kids as you like to call them? I am pretty sure all of those universities have students who drive expensive cars and live in elaborate homes somewhere in Beverley Hills.
You further imply that Chapman students, because they are so rich with their Lotus, are much better off in college than every other college student in the nation. Hate to break it to you, but even us rich kids at Chapman suffer with loans and debt. Every college student has to carry the burden of debt; there is no getting out of it. Yes, even students who go to Purdue have debt. I know it’s a big shock. Their rich kids also have debt to pay off that will take time. Oh, but you claim that they do not go to Chapman. Everyone at Chapman can pay off their debt at Chapman because we are so filthy rich.
I guess only the richest of all rich kids go to Chapman. Chapman has so many things that many universities do not have, like an OLYMPIC-SIZE pool. All of those other universities like Notre Damn, Duke, Stanford, UCLA, and even USC claim to have an Olympic-size pool in their flyers and online. They are actually lying to high school and college student swimmers and water polo players; their “Olympic-size” pools are actually called jacuzzis, and their water sports teams actually perform competitive synchronized dog-paddling. Oh, wait, they do they have Olympic-size pools and water polo and swimming teams. Sorry about that.
Just get over the fact that Chapman is not the ONLY university with rich kids.
More importantly, Chapman does not have spoiled rich kids hanging around their Camaros all the time. It has rich kids hanging around their Ferrari’s.
I really enjoyed your argument about rich students here. You seem to be joking around and insulting in very funny ways. Also, the way your piece was set up made it easy to read and stay hooked.
ReplyDeleteGood Article. I feel as though your response is sarcastic and humorous. You are able to convey the reader easily with this type of writing. This was a really good response to the article.
ReplyDeleteIt was very fun to read and I think as well you were trying to be sarcastic and funny throughout
ReplyDeleteThis was one of the best articles I read and I was easily intrigued. I think your tone was, as the others put it, insulting and sarcastic while being humorous
ReplyDeleteMy tone was sarcastic.
ReplyDeleteI thought you sounded to the point and very humorous. Good read
ReplyDeleteYour first line made me laugh out loud. Seriously. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteReally, because of all the contradictions, it's a satirical piece, expressing exactly the opposite of what it's saying, so it's both sarcastic and funny.
Synchronized dog paddling killed me. Really.
Nice conclusion as well -- the last line goes out with a bang.
I like that you get your argument in the middle of the post, but try not to break voice to do it -- you get serious for a moment, and then step back into the funny man role. How can you get those same ideas across without breaking voice?
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