I knew this guy at university kinda liked me but I had a boyfriend . I thought he was very goodlooking , and was somewhat crushing on him and liked the attention he gave me , but I was not planning to act on it . In the train back from a symposium we both went to , he started telling me how he thought that people who did not have parents who went to university should not be allowed in university , because they came from the wrong ' environment ' and ruined university culture . I told him my parents never went to university . Then he started a rant on how university people are the elite and I should understand that even though I graduate with high marks , I should never consider myself universitymaterial . He managed to squeeze in some remarks on how cute it was that the girls tried , but they just don ' t have the attitude for real unilife . He asked if my boyfriend ' s parents studied , I said no . He saw that as the ultimate proof that I could do better . him . Because he was actual universitymaterial . His rant was so annoying that other passengers on the train started calling him out for belittling me , he would answer them with a smug smile saying ' oh , I ' m sure you don ' t understand . ' Oh how happy I was two years later I could proudly tell my group of friends to which he still belonged although nobody quite understood why and nobody liked him that I got accepted for a prestigous master program , my boyfriend was starting his PhD and just won a price for his outstanding master research , while he was still struggling with firstyear courses .