<p>I think there is a difference between flaunting and reveling. It is the later that typifies U of C students. </p>
<p>From Levine’s the Idea of the University:</p>
<p>“Chicago has developed a celebrated–some would say notorious–brand of academic civility. It is a place where one is always in principle allowed to pose the hardest question possible–of a student, a teacher, or a colleague–and feel entitled to expect gratitude rather than resentment for one’s effort.”</p>