I'd like to give up anger and especially angry outbursts....

C. is the hardest person for me to deal with right now.
We're both in the same program and plan to graduate next year.
I've known him for several years, we've had many classes together. He views me as competition and appears to believe he must "win" at all costs whenever we're in classes together. I'm finding it difficult to deal with him in ways that don't require me to stoop to his level.

On Monday night I was just tired of him always trying to control the class (this was the first class of the summer semester, but he has a habit of trying to control the class), including when we meet, how many times, whether or not we'll leave early, etc. The new (to our school) professor also made a few remarks to put him in his place.

Basically at the end of the last semester, C. told everyone that the classes we signed up for for the summer would be independent study and that we'd only meet every other week. He got to class, found out it wasn't the case, then spent a good deal of the time in class trying to get the professor to change the schedule to meet his expectations.

I did accuse him of spreading rumors (the rumor being that the classes would be independent study and only meet every other week) and told him loudly that if he didn't want to show up for class, then that was fine with me... I let him know that I was there to learn the material.

Anyway, I regret making the accusations (but, I think it's true- he just wanted something, and tried to make sure he got it... he didn't)... and I regret telling him off loudly in front of the whole class. The instructor didn't seem to mind at all. If anything, I think he was happy I told C. off.

Even though I rather regret it, I'm not sure what I could/should have done differently. I don't think it's appropriate for C. to always try to dominate the classroom... although I have to admit that I've been known to be domineering myself.

Sometimes I feel like I must react, because I don't like it when he makes me look bad... But, admittedly, he does the same thing to the professors. I heard him loudly and angrily call a professor a liar recently.