People being nasty to you for doing well at uni?

If you're not being annoying (and it doesn't sound like you are) then it's 100% their problem. They need to grow the hell up. If you're in 1st year then this should happen. There's a lot of difference between 1st years and 2nd/3rd/4th years.

Being on your own may make it worse - idiots tend to make assumptions. But again, this isn't your problem.

I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any similar experiences or has an opinion on this. Basically, in one of my seminars, hardly anyone turns up, theres about 7 of us. However no one talks or answers any of the questions, apart from myself and an older student. We dont interrupt or do all the talking in a way where it doesnt give anyone else a chance, a question will be asked and everyone will sit in silence for a good few minutes until myself or the other guy decides to answer. Im not the most confident person so being able to speak out and contribute made me feel good about myself, but I was worried Id come across as a know it all for answering so much..

However I overheard one of the students saying something about how I "do all the work for class" and they were bitching/taking the piss out of me. I wasnt that bothered about this but it did make me wonder if these people are a minority as I havent come across anyone else who is bothered about people talking a lot in other classes or knowing a lot about a topic and speaking passionately about it. I kinda thought they were being a bit immature cos its like youre at uni now, arent you meant to be past the whole high school attitude of "if you do the work and you speak out or answer questions, youre a nerd/loser, haha, lets bully you". I stopped answering in the next class because I was getting a bit fed up of doing it, and also I find it odd they were bitching about it when myself and the other man answering meant that they werent put on the spot to answer if they hadnt done the work.. and its not like I always get the answers right either.

So Im just wondering what people think of this attitude, and if it is a minority of people who think this way about uni and actually doing the work?

I had some seminars like that in first year (where most people just sat there like gormless ****ing idiots).

Who gives a **** what they say about you?

If people don't intend to contribute I wish they'd just not turn up/more seminar leaders had the balls to tell them to **** off.

Its pathetic and immature really, seems some students still haven't grown up from the high school mentality of being cool if you don't do your homework or get loads of detentions

Reminds me of talking to 1 or 2 people I used to know on my course and they'd ask me whether I'd done my essay or I'd done revision, while saying they'd hardly done anything (and end up rushing their work the night before), and when I'd say I had, they act as if I'm some sort of nerd or strange. I felt like saying 'No, its just I'm not a lazy **** like you'

It all probably depends on what uni you go to really, I assume the majority at Oxbridge will have shaken off the high school attitudes and actually do their work, whereas if you go to a uni lower down the rankings like I unfortunately do, then there's going to be more dossers like my housemate who seems content just scrapping a 2.2.