When you have fans who are hassling you the entire game and you ignore them they respect you because their job is to try and distract you. And if they don't distract you that means you're focused on doing your job. And who knows by the end sometimes you even win them over.
I did get a very fine education and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.
