I am in graduate school in the nyc area in political science, but i am the only conservative in pretty much all of my classes. 20% of my grade is participation, but I feel discouraged to participate. The prof and other students (it's a real small class) seem annoyed with me and even mock me at times. I am usually the only person that will challenge people's opinions on Chavez, the Canadian health care system, or pulling the troops out of iraq immediately. The students seem to have all grown up in a very similar environment, get their news from Jon Stewart, and all have the same opinions and talking points. I don't mind debating them because that is one great aspect about political science, but it seems to be getting borderline personal in some of their responses to me. Should I just keep my mouth shut and hope my grade turns out ok? Remember, in grad school I have to get at least a B, so 20% is a lot!
2007-01-30
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