Re: The Love Thread (Or Just Warms and Fuzzies)
The vast majority of my classes have nearly 90% of the same people in all of them. We've all gotten to know each other pretty good, and I noticed this semster that we've basically all gotten on equal footing with the "high school friends". Also, oddly enough, despite having been at college for over a year now, I have yet to encounter any assholes, or at the very least any malicious ones. There are a few that play it for laughs. Even the teacher that's an asshole isn't really disliked. Sure, we hate his classes with a passion, but as a person he hasn't made us hate him.
Reminds me of a funny story today. We were in linear algebra, and he was lecturing about something or other, then paused to ask a question and did his standard "smile and wait for an answer, I know none of you have the remotest idea what I'm talking about" pose, when one kid shot back a "We can't answer all the questions for you, how else are you suppost to learn!". The teacher actually broke down laughing for half a minute before continuing. Sure, he's utterly cruel when it comes to making tests and grading them, but if you counter him with his own sarcasm he'll laugh along with you.