After a semester in college, this is the definitive list of the ten people you will definitely meet in your classes.
The overachiever
This is the kid who isn’t satisfied with the 98 percent they got on that last paper. They’re always armed with a stack of neatly color-coded flash cards and typed notes from last night homework (as well as an archive of every homework assignment from the semester).
The teacher's pet
You can always tell that the professor has entered the room because this kid will perk up immediately. There’s also the necessary “How was your weekend, professor?” They always make sure to nod along to the lecture to make sure that the professor knows that they’re paying attention, and laughs too hard at every joke. They make sure the professor knows that they’re taking their class next semester so that the professor knows that they’ve changed their life.
The one who’s just there for credit
They’re taking the class because they found out it fulfills three of their requirements. They show up and do just enough work to pass. They remind everyone that C’s get degrees!
The one who’s never there
Just when you think they’ve dropped the class, they’re right back in the third-to-last row. They know that their grade suffers, but genuinely don’t care. You’ve never seen them in real clothes. Sometimes they just leave forever and nobody knows where.
The kid who always smells like weed
This can’t possibly be specific to Vermont. You don’t know them that well, but you know what they do before class.
Loose acquaintance
You always smile and wave hi when you see them in the student center, and their name is either Dave or Matt. You can’t be sure, but they probably don’t know your name either.
Go-to group project partner
You know this person isn’t going to leave you doing all the work yourself, and you like them enough to talk to about the packaging used to advertise kale chips.
The kid who always complains
They don’t seem to understand that you have the exact same assignments to finish. Everything is a complaint, and most of them they’re problems that could have been avoided by doing the work in the first place.
The smart-ass
They think that they know more than the professor because they read ahead in the book. Either that or their uncle’s cousin’s teacher’s mom works in that field.
The one who asks too many questions
They probably didn’t do the reading and are trying to make up for it by looking interested. At a certain point, there really should be a cap on how many questions one can ask.
