Violet was feeling more and more nervous about all these assignments related to 'feelings.' After the events of the past year, emotions were high, and she was not sure the professors were up to handling everything that might be stirred up.

But still--she couldn't resist speaking up (when had she become so bold?) "It's like people come to a snap decision based on just a very few superficial things. Things that they maybe misinterpret, don't understand the reasons for, even though they think they do. And once you get a certain reputation, it's really hard to change and grow, because if you try to be different, people just try to hold you down and keep you in the image they already have of you."