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writes:Today I went to a University open day. As to be expected a lot of people from up and down the country went along too.I'm from London and though I knew I probably sounded 'posh' in comparison to the other possible students having a look around, I was completely hurt when a Northerner made a snide comment about wealth. I for one come from a Working Class background and so this supposed wealth I come from struck me as arrogant and I was too shocked to say anything in my denfence... I can't help but feel I'm disadvantaged because of where I come from, I would hate for everyone to hate me at Uni... has anyone else had a problem like this or any suggestions to deal with situations like these?
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reader, anonymous, writes (2 November 2010): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionThanks! That really did comfort me. From now on i'll just look forward to the prospect of going to University and having the time of my life. Thanks again.
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reader, k_c100 +, writes (28 October 2010):
 To be honest you shouldnt worry too much about this, there are only a few idiots from "up north" who hate southerners for no real reason other than that is the way they were brought up. And same goes for there being a few idiot southerners too who hate us northerners and will make rude comments about that. So it wouldnt be any different for you if you were a northerner, there are still the posh lot from London and surrounding area who believe everyone who lives north of Watford is stupid, poor and cant talk properly. This sort of ridiculous sterotyping happens, but there are thankfully only a few people who act this way.
I went to Oxford & Cambridge for some open days and there, as soon as any of our group asked a question (we were all from Sheffield) people would stare as though they had never heard a Yorkshire accent, people were laughing and sniggering, and the odd one or two even made rude comments. So as you can see, there are idiots all over the country so regardless of where you are from there is always going to be the odd one or two people who are a pain and are nasty.
Everyone else at Uni is just there to have fun, make friends and learn. So dont worry too much about this, you wont experience any problems at Uni. At uni you meet so many people from different backgrounds, cultures and countries so everyone just tends to try and make friends with as many people as possible, and most people are really nice to each other regardless of where you are from.
Plus the people you meet on open days are very different to the people you meet when you start uni - these people are there with friends or parents so they tend to show off, thinking they are the dogs b****cks but as soon as you get to uni, everyone is in the same boat. You are all away from home for the first time, nervous, scared and a bit lonely at first. So as soon as you arrive at Uni you change as a person, and because you are all in the same situation everyone automatically becomes much more friendly and open.
Your course will be full of people from all over the UK and the world, your halls will be the same....so there will be people with the same accent as you, people with even posher accents than you, and some people with accents you have never even heard before. But I promise you, no-one will judge you based on your accent alone. Most people will just want to make friends, go out and have a laugh - and if you are up for that then no-one will hate you!
I hope this helps and good luck!
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