Commentaires sur : U Can Study Buzzed University

Par : French girl

French girl — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:08:54 +0000

Very nice article, even though it maybe lacks some precisions about parisian parties. I have never attended any party in the USA, therefore I don't really know if Daisy's depiction is accurate or not. However, being a French girl who grew up in Paris, I've experienced parties quite like the one she described (the "american" ones) when I was in lycée (between 16 and 18 yo). Maybe the fact that alcohol consumption is allowed at the age of 18 in France makes the temptation become sweet earlier (usually first alcoholised parties take place during lycée) and makes it easier to French lycéens under the age of 18 to buy alcohol. That's why i agree with Frenchboy : not all parisian parties can be called classy. Unless vomiting several times before midnight is conidered classy by anyone here. Probably you have this impression of less trash parties in scpo, but scpo students don't really speak for all parisian students. In order to make your article more complete, maybe it would be worth going out of the VIIe arrondissement and check the parties organised elsewhere in Paris (for example the XXth or the close suburb like Montreuil). Again, those parties probably aren't similar to the ones in your university, but it would allow you to discover parties that aren't so classy and yet organised by french people.

Par : AmericanGirl as Well

AmericanGirl as Well — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:31:07 +0000

I go to UC Davis in northern California, and even though it's known for being a "cowtown" with "nothing to do," I can testify that I have eye-witnessed some notorious, scantily-clad, binge-drinking partying. Maybe it's a "stereotype," but this stereotype has definitely stemmed from some truth. Although not ALL Americans are the same (this is true, we have not perfected the science of asexual reproduction... yet), if we are talking about the American university PARTYING SCENE (at least, Californian), and not the stay-home-and-drink-apple-juice scene (not that there is anything wrong with that at all), then it is MOSTLY true that MANY Americans, WHEN they party, "live for the nights they can't remember," or as the French may put it, "boire pour oublier." So bravo Daisy, I think your article is humorous, witty, and well-written. Although, maybe next time you should think about writing an article about apple juice nights, in order to cover every single American college student experience in the United States.

Par : 2A

2A — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:01:36 +0000

Putain, vivement la 3A.

Par : UCLA girl

UCLA girl — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:10:52 +0000

Having been a student at both UCSB and UCLA, I have experienced both party scenes, and while UCLA's may not be an "every-night" or "all-day rager" type of scene, like UCSB, it's very similar in terms of what goes down in a party. Having also been to France and experienced the party scene there, I also have some French perspective to compare it to.

Now, having said that, there are always exceptions. You'll always find a group of friends on a campus who just love to uncork a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and talk politics, or a group of friends who would rather go out to a casual and intimate dinner than dance to techno music and do keg stands. But the reality is, in America, MOST college students engage in the party behavior Daisy has described and consume large amounts of alcohol. If anything, Daisy is actually be really nice in her description considering the outrageous things I have witnessed at UCSB. I mean really, it would make a porn star blush. When I left UCSB and transferred to UCLA, I thought my party scene would include mingling with the "classy", "intelligent" ambitious individuals you would expect from a world-renowned institution. Well, the first UCLA party I attended crushed those dreams as I disturbingly watched a boy nearby lock the apartment door and do a line of coke. And subsequent parties have failed to renew my hopes for an atypical American party. Lots of beer, shots, girls in skimpy clothes, guys who only want one thing...I mean this is all across American universities. Whether you think this is good or bad is unimportant, it's just a simply stated truth.

And I hate to break it to American girl, but the French think the Americans are stupid and ignorant regardless of this article.

Par : HONESTLY WTF

HONESTLY WTF — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:59:01 +0000

She is an editorial writer, writing about HER experience in France. She's not a sociologist nor a cultural analyst. Don't take her experience as truth, and don't be ignorant enough to say that what she says isn't true to an extent. Americangirl- DEAL WITH IT. I think you are just getting so offended because this is actually true, and possibly even depicts you. Anyone with eyes can see that Americans are a lot more rowdy and crazy than Europeans.

As far as the article goes, I thought it was playful and well written. Hilarious and aside from that, she actually gets serious and analyzes the roots of partying. What I especially like is that this is a serious subject written with light-hearted wit. It's the rest of you angry Americans that drag on the curtails of the truth. REALITY HURTS, DEAL WITH IT.