Love it or hate it ...
Now that we have all made it into Uni and have been here long enough to despise the overloads of homework (among other various little quirks), it’s easy enough to say that the school is getting annoying. Everyone seems to complain about it. We realize that there is too much homework, a very limited number of students, etc., and it’s common to hear students complain about how much they “hate Uni” or “want to transfer.”
And I can agree! There are very few students per class, which is often seen as a positive thing, though in some cases can be even worse. Yes, we get to “know each other.” We get to “bond” and whatnot.
On the other hand we might not all get along so wonderfully. I do not love every single person in my entire school; I doubt that anybody does. Yet, since classes are so small, we all share a common lunch period (where everybody crowds into the lounge or the kitchen), and by simply nudging into each other during passing periods, there isn’t a way to easily avoid seeing someone.
We are a very tight-knit community, so we seemingly know everything about everyone; we hear all of each other’s gossip. Take Uni Gossip Girl for example, or Uni Gossip. Almost the entire school knew of and had checked into both sites, and the Gargoyle even reported on it.
There are always the common sites like MySpace and Facebook that students have accounts on, but there aren’t many schools where you can say that everyone knows about everything someone else has posted online. It sure can get a little hectic, especially when you prefer some things be kept confined to a small number of people. In other schools someone pushing someone else down the stairs or someone stealing things out of your locker is talk for one second, and the next second you couldn’t care less.
Now, of course, it’s always just how you look at it. You can see the limited number of students as a chance to get to know your classmates and an opportunity to establish stronger student-teacher connections. You can see the quick spread of gossip as a simple sign of how close we all are to each other. It’s definitely dependent on your mood for the day; are you glass half full or half empty?
— Lizzy Warner