Brady interviews informants about the folklore of romantic expression in elementary, junior high, and high school. He expects that, because of the maturity level found at each stage of schooling, elementary school will be defined by hostility between the sexes, that junior high will be characterized by secret crushes, and that high school will be a time of frank and straightforward expressions of romantic love. He finds that elementary school is actually characterized by a fixation on games concerning love and marriage, but that the romantic interest is usually channeled through a mediating party in a game. Junior high is not characterized by overt crushes, but by secretive and private behavior. Junior high students, however, diverge from elementary school traditions by assuming ownership of their romantic interests rather than channeling them through a mediator. High school students are more overt in their romantic expression. Brady believes that this openness arises out of a necessity to practice dealing with the opposite sex before moving on to a more serious dating world in college. Created by Taylor Brady when he was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 course in Winter 2005.