*They were ALL THAT*

Ever go through your old pictures and come across that one picture with all the "cute guys"?
Jeez... I had one of those moments today. I accidentally came across a picture with some guys I had a crush on back in high school. Now I'm thinking - What the HELL was I thinking? Boy was my world small then. I thought they were THE shit.
Now comparing how we are in high school (in North America), with these university kids I'm teaching over here in Japan... I'm amazed by the difference. They're such babies here! Not it a bad way, they've just obviously been really sheltered. The really funny thing is when you walk into a university classroom for the first time - the boys are huddled in a corner, and the girls are bunched together on the other side. Try lecturing to a class configuration like that! It's like watching a tennis match from the sidelines... My neck aches and my head spins after every class. I've come up with all sorts of devious ways to mix the boys up with the girls...
So here was my question for my second year students yesterday - When do Japanese boys realise that girls aren't scary? Because it obviously hits them SOME time... they DO get married and have children... but WHEN does this happen? I thought the university days were for "experimenting"??~