The group is all right so far. We men, the few and proud, have banded together very tightly and do most things together. We’re all very different from each other, but it works out in the end. Tom and I are generally considered to be the two rational guys, while the other three have a different sort of reputation. I don’t mean to offend anybody by this, but Tom is the pretty typical perfect Asian stereotype. He’s good at a lot of things, disciplined, hardworking, and smart. Mateo is very smart and isn’t at all afraid to share his opinion, but at the same time isn’t very devoted to the books and is willing to go for a drink or two any time, any day. Jeff and Mateo get along really well and he’s pretty similar to Mateo, just quieter. Arian can be a hard worker when he wants to be, however he’s lost interest in a lot of the classes so far and now likes to goof off when he can.
And then there are the girls, and there are a lot of them. By and large the girls are cool, but there are a couple that we guys try to avoid. The hard part about girls is that they usually like to stick together, so sometimes that means that if you bring one girl along, then you bring a bunch of them. We really try to travel and explore in small groups, but sometimes it’s unavoidable, or there are a lot of girls, and we form this big, intrusive IHP mess. Within the girls, there’s some considerable variety of personalities, interests, and backgrounds, but they’re all very devoted academically, definitely more so than some of the guys.
I like the group, but it’s been wonderful to get some time away these past few days.
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