For Dexter, she was a bonus. For Rambo, that's still not enough.

Is it too sad that I have an idea of which bus routes you were taking all day Wednesday? Yay for keys to your car, though.

I think the feedback thing may have more to do with class size rather than school size. I remember bonding with other students much more in smallish classes (fewer than twenty people). Of course, having a sucky instructor can help the bonding quite a bit; it sounds like your professor might be okay.