Hi i'm a Caribbean girl plannin to go to SGU in 2009, i wan wondering how the experience for other caribbea nationals has been? Has it been harder that coming from the US?

You'll get better results by using proper English, most of us can't understand slang internet typing (even those that are from the Caribbean)

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I didn't notice any "internet slang" and I think your response was inappropriate and insulting.

well if there's no slang then the OP should proof read her posts before submitting. This is a professional forum and proper spelling is part of that.

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Please re-type that, with care to avoid spelling and typographical errors. I am not sure what you are asking, which makes it hard to respond.

I've found SGU a pretty good place, all around. The facilities here are as close to "first-world" as you will find anywhere else in the Caribbean. I've met people from many different cultures and learned from professors from around the world. The island outside of SGU is quiet and easy-going, which I appreciate very much when facing an otherwise very stressful schedule. There isn't anywhere near the development we have in Trinidad, so no MovieTowne, no Zen nightclub, no Church's Chicken, no super-pharm, no HiLo, etc (although we do have a small Rituals and Subway). On the plus side, there isn't the robbing/raping/kidnapping/killing either, and you can feel safe going pretty much anywhere during the daytime.

I could go on, but I won't.

I don't know if it would be "harder that coming from the US." I couldn't tell you what a US student feels like when he or she arrives in Grenada.

i will try to "un-slang" it
Hi I am a Caribbean girl planning to go to SGU in 2009, I was wondering how the experience for other Caribbean nationals has been. Has it been harder than coming from the US?

Proofread is one word.

I'm hoping that you were being sarcastic. If not, it's proper English to capitalize the first letter of a sentence. Your infidelity to grammar rules indicates to me that you are unprepared to be entrusted with professional responsibilities (now I'm being sarcastic).

Granted, her sentence may not have been "proper English," but it was perfectly understandable. This is the first incident in all my time on the forums that I have encountered such a response to a post. This is made even more surprising by the egregious way that some members make statements and ask questions. The best one in recent memory was the use of the word "isreal" instead of "Israel." I am almost completely certain that if I looked at the posts of each member who is lecturing the original poster, I can find instances where the code of "professionalism" was not followed.

If this is in fact a purely professional forum, I vote that we remove the option to insert emotional icons. They are extremely infantile and detract from the formal decorum. I also have a personal agenda against them, but that is neither here nor there.

To the original poster - I am not from the Caribbean, but good luck to you, and maybe I'll see you on the island.

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This thread is not to debate the nature of the posters english. if you have nothing on topic to contribute to help the OP then please dont post.

I'm sorry to those people who I have offended using my "internet slang". Don't worry I am perfectly capable of using PROPER ENGLISH; I would thank you to respond to the thread if and only if you have some sort of USEFUL information!