I went to an all-boys school where it didn't seem to come up.
more popular than i thought i was.
Yeah, that's what I'd realize at the end of the year after yearbooks were exchanged back and forth and from reading the notes left in mine I realized how many other's lives I'd touched in a good way.
Not "popular" conventionally; respected, yes, feared, somewhat. Most all of this having to do with my own personal demons.