I took it more as an intervention. Their forcing her to stay in the same room with them was intended to make her listen to them. By doing this, then allowing her to leave, they held the upper hand, because they controlled her, and she had to note that she was not in absolute control of her own destiny.
It will be interesting to see where it leads. If you read her bio and q&a on the CBS site, she appears to be more of a follower or maverick than a leader. She likes to say, "I don't know. I'm too young."
Anjay strikes me as the kind of bookish nerd I grew up with. I was in all the advanced level classes you could possibly force a child to take, and most of the kids in my classes were social introverts with repressed emotions, tons of book smarts and no common sense. They were so far inside their heads that they were scared of their own shadow. The pent up feelings of intimidation and anger outwardly manifested themselves at the oddest, and most inopportune, times, sometimes coming off as arrogant and pretentious as a shield for their own insecurities. Some of these kids were the ones in trench coats when they got into high school. Others were the ones who found a clique with others of the awkward, socially inept persuasion. I straddled that line, and probably still do to this day, so I somewhat identify with him, though he irritates the living feces out of me most of the time.
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