More than fashion or physical strength or beauty, I admired most those students who embodied free-spirited prowess and were not severely buttoned-down by fear in social situations--who spoke their minds unencumbered by social pressures. Those I admired most were outspoken not in anger or angst, but often colored their comments with friendly kindnesses. I have, by the way, never outgrown my envy of the beneficently free; and have prayed for the same in my life. In this sense, I'm constrained and somewhat embarrassed to say, all my high school love consummations were platonic.
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