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                                              It became a fact, relationships had    Those interviewed were also asked
                                      become  a  part  of  high  school  for  good.  about their dream  guy/girl.  Senior Bran-
                                      Some believed the words relationship and   don  Larson  described his as , "36-24-36."
                                      high  school had  no  business in  the  same   In  addition to "good morals,"  Senior Becky
                                      sentence. Others seemed to  be  looking for  Leach thought her dream guy "had to have
                                      their permanent mate by sophomore year.   a  good  butt. "  Riley  and  Senior  Denice
                                             For example, a certain  poem  dis-  Carlin said their dream guys were their own
                                      cussed  during a particular English  Litera-  boyfriends.
                                      ture class brought up the subject.  The topic   Even  with  all  of  these  positives,
                                      fell  mainly on  what guys and  girls  wanted   there  were  the  downsides.  Leach  said ,
                                      out of relationships.  While every girl  in  the   "Relationships in  high school needed to be
                                      room had an opinion for themselves, as well   a lot less physical  and  have more commu-
                                      as  for  the  guys,  no  more  than  two  guys   nication."  Many also  dealt with  long  dis-
                                      really spoke up to give a response. Jokingly  tance  relationships,  such  as  Carlin  and
       -Debbi Eades                   or not, when the girls said "sex," few males  Larson .  Riley said, "I just wished we  were
                                      rebuked that answer.                    older, so  we  could do whatever we  wanted
                                             However, many had more romantic   with  no  worries of college or anything."
                                      visions.  Senior Denise Riley  said  of  her   Whether one would have opted for
                                      relationship , "I liked our closeness, the physi-  Cindy  Crawford  and  her  "Gotta  Have  It
                                      cal  aspect."  As  for  seriousness  in  high   Card," ora generic nice guy with a cute tush ,
                                      school, Junior Kim  Geist thought her man   one  look down  the  hall  told  all :  Relation-
                                      would have needed"  to  be  really commit-  ships in  high school were nowhere near an
                                      ted , yet give me  some freedom."       end .
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