I don't change the way I am to get people to like me. Sometimes I bite my tongue in certain situations, but that is just tact. Would it suck if everyone hated you-yeah, it probably would. As a teacher, I do consider myself fortunate that I am one of the more well liked teachers in the school, but I got to be that way just by being myself. If you have ever seen a teacher who is both hated AND not respected by the students, it is one of the saddest things in the world. We had a 1st year teacher a few years ago who had a nervous breakdown because the kids gave him so much crap, walked out at the beginning of 2nd period and never came back to the school.