Fantasy: Mr. Cinical and I, sitting together, discussing randomly interesting cases, like Donoghue v Stevenson on finding snails in gingerbeer.
Reality: Mr. Cinical and I sitting silently across the table from each other. He, buried in reading case summaries, and me assisting to summarize articles for his class on Comparative Legal Traditions.
2 down, 3 more to go.
Cinical, with a dash of idealism 