Lots of boys in our class were keen on me I thought it was fun, felt honored, but was otherwise quite untouched. Which identifies the best meaning for the boldface term in the sentence.
Intellectually sharp
pointed or sharp-edged
Very strong and sensitive
romantically interested
To be keen on someone means to be romantically interested in that person. Here, when the author states that, "lots of boys in our class were keen on me," she is stating that lots of the boys in her class were romantically interested in her.
