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...MATH...
...that admiration comes at a price of an unflattering stereotype. Reactions vary when others find out Litt is in Math 55. Some immediately request homework help, he says. “Sometimes people just spontaneously combust, swoon, faint, turn bright red, start giggling...
Litt resents being defined by his enrollment in this one course. “It pisses me off when my roommate introduces me as, ‘This is Daniel, he’s in Math 55.’ By the time he gets to ‘in,’ I’ve usually kicked him in the shin...
Kominers also resents the labeling. “A couple times I was introduced to people as ‘He’s Scott. And he’s in Math 55.’ But no one in 55 would ever introduce a fellow 55er like that...
Some feel the stereotypes are unavoidable. “Once you take 55, you get known as a 55er,” says Velingker, who dropped from 55 to 25 at the beginning of the term. “Non-math people might not know the people personally but they are aware of what the class is. There is definitely some kind of respect...