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my teacher said that people from the south are fake, as opposed to people from the north who are pretty "real", so i think ur right
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are you in sixth grade and believe everything your teacher says?</p>
<p>What the heck??</p>
<p>TRUE Southern hospitality is definitely alive and well, and isn't fake. It's definitely more evident to me when I'm in my small NC hometown...but then again, the people in my hometown are "born and raised" Southern...therefore not "fake" Southerners or fake in their hospitality. </p>
<p>The student body is a mix - there are some true Southern ladies and gentlemen, there are those who are learning the ways of the South (eg, the politeness but somewhat fake factor), and there are those few who honestly don't try that hard to be nice.</p>
<p>My son is a freshman at Wake and had some difficulty adjusting at first. Some of it was due to things that had nothing to do with the school, but required him to come home on alot of those first semester weekends (medical problems, girlfriend issues, etc) and I would suggest that if you live close, try to stay on campus as much as possible at first because that is when the groups of friends get established. Think it was also an adjustment coming from a public high school with not a very high socio-economic level to a place where students carry LV backpacks, wear ties to class and have not one but several Burberry coats. Abercrombie and J Crew are high stylin' to us. Also in response to mojojojo69, he had to learn to adjust to the manner of the "northerners" who he felt were in much greater number and had a less friendly, open manner about them. After almost 2 semesters there, he has found others like himself (not greek, like to study, party light, work-out, and generally be themselves). Best of all IMO he has been greatly impressed and motivated by his professors!</p>