Antagonism

I guess I received more antagonism from old high school friends than many other Christians have, but it's certainly not that I'm reading into what's not there. It's definitely not that subtle for me. For example, shortly after my freshman year, a good friend from high school (non-Christian) and I got into a very controversial discussion, and it ended with her not wanting to be friends with me anymore. She not only considers me pretty much evil, but that I could not have possibly believed what I believe now while we were still in high school, and that I must have been almost brainwashed into thinking it while I was away at Bible College. My other clear example is when another friend of mine, about mid-way through second-year, told me outright that none of my friends in one particular group from high school respected me because I go to Bible College. I'm not sure if she meant that they lost respect for me because I went to Bible College, or that she (mistakenly) believed that I thought I deserved more respect because I went to Bible College, and they all disagree, but either way, it was clearly antagonistic towards my choice. More subtly, I can see the concern for my future in some members of my family who do not take Christianity seriously. They would much rather I went to a "real" school to get a "real" degree and have a "real" future, although this is never explicitly said. In their case, I know they are just concerned about me, and don't understand why a Christian school is serious. But you can see, I'm definitely not one of those kids whose whole family and circle of friends applauded the choice to go to a Christian post-secondary school, and I wonder how many others have a similar situation to me.