Comments on: High School Reunion http://blog.johnlacey.net/high-school-reunion/ Just another WordPress site Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://blog.johnlacey.net/high-school-reunion/#comment-930 Daniel Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:36:09 +0000 http://blog.johnlacey.net/?p=994#comment-930 Seeing some of the good teachers again would be a big plus for me as well, assuming any of them come, and I think they probably get a lot of satisfaction from meeting students and seeing them as adults. Seeing some of the good teachers again would be a big plus for me as well, assuming any of them come, and I think they probably get a lot of satisfaction from meeting students and seeing them as adults.

]]> By: J http://blog.johnlacey.net/high-school-reunion/#comment-929 J Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:25:24 +0000 http://blog.johnlacey.net/?p=994#comment-929 My year didn't have much initiative, so I don't know that anyone would organise a reunion, but I hope they do. I want to go. I want to go mostly to see what the few people I actually had a lot of respect for but wasn't friends with are now up to - if I know them well enough though, they wouldn't turn up, so I'd be relying on others knowing what they were now up to. And I want to go to catch up with some of the teachers I also had a lot of respect for. But I look back on high school and I did enjoy it. I remember the good stuff, like the good memories with friends, and the advice from teachers which I still hold dear. I don't keep the bad memories so close to me. My year didn’t have much initiative, so I don’t know that anyone would organise a reunion, but I hope they do. I want to go. I want to go mostly to see what the few people I actually had a lot of respect for but wasn’t friends with are now up to – if I know them well enough though, they wouldn’t turn up, so I’d be relying on others knowing what they were now up to.
And I want to go to catch up with some of the teachers I also had a lot of respect for.

But I look back on high school and I did enjoy it. I remember the good stuff, like the good memories with friends, and the advice from teachers which I still hold dear. I don’t keep the bad memories so close to me.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.johnlacey.net/high-school-reunion/#comment-928 Steve Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:44:39 +0000 http://blog.johnlacey.net/?p=994#comment-928 Let's see... I didn't go to my 5 or 10 year reunion. Do I feel like I missed something? No. In the past 20 years, how many times have I looked at my Year Books? Zero. That's right. Not a single time. In fact, it was that reason that lead me to throw out the Year Books when I cleaned out my house. They were taking up space and I honestly can say that I don't see myself ever looking back at them. Will I attend my 20 year reunion? No. I had two close friends in High School. Neither of which I keep in contact any more or want to. Fact of the matter is, I really don't look back on that period of life. Even when I graduated and went back to the school on a regular basis, it was to confer with my old teachers on various academic programs I was supervising. I am probably closer to the faculty members than to any student that ever graced the halls. Let’s see…

I didn’t go to my 5 or 10 year reunion. Do I feel like I missed something? No. In the past 20 years, how many times have I looked at my Year Books? Zero. That’s right. Not a single time. In fact, it was that reason that lead me to throw out the Year Books when I cleaned out my house. They were taking up space and I honestly can say that I don’t see myself ever looking back at them.

Will I attend my 20 year reunion? No. I had two close friends in High School. Neither of which I keep in contact any more or want to. Fact of the matter is, I really don’t look back on that period of life.

Even when I graduated and went back to the school on a regular basis, it was to confer with my old teachers on various academic programs I was supervising. I am probably closer to the faculty members than to any student that ever graced the halls.

]]> By: Lauren http://blog.johnlacey.net/high-school-reunion/#comment-927 Lauren Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:48:17 +0000 http://blog.johnlacey.net/?p=994#comment-927 Correction on my post: "but rarely remember the bad things bestowed on us" should read "but rarely remember the bad things bestowed on others" -- makes sense now, yes? Correction on my post: “but rarely remember the bad things bestowed on us” should read “but rarely remember the bad things bestowed on others” — makes sense now, yes?

]]> By: Lauren http://blog.johnlacey.net/high-school-reunion/#comment-926 Lauren Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:37:46 +0000 http://blog.johnlacey.net/?p=994#comment-926 Hi, I am the sole who said "You will regret not going more than you will regret leaving early if it sucks". I left my reunion after 1 hour, not because I felt inadequate about my achievements in comparison to my class mates but because it gave me that moment of realisation that I had moved on from the playground. I realised that I no longer needed validation of my choices/success/failures from these people and that I was an adult, a creation of my own choices, achievements and abundance of mistakes. I didn't realise until I was at the reunion that I needed that moment of self actualisation. 10 year reunion, whether good or bad, is a milestone in our life which I feel should be experienced, even if for 15 minutes. If you had a nightmare time in high school, I can guarantee your bullies won't remember doing it, and if they do, they probably feel guilty and will be overly nice to you. I was in no way popular at school and was shocked when a girl spoke to me about our high school times and said that I had completely dismissed her and made her feel unimportant - I had no idea and could not even place her face which proved her point. It is funny that as people we remember the bad things that happened to us, but rarely remember the bad things bestowed on us. Who cares in the end, you aren't going to see them again for another 10 years right? Hi, I am the sole who said “You will regret not going more than you will regret leaving early if it sucks”. I left my reunion after 1 hour, not because I felt inadequate about my achievements in comparison to my class mates but because it gave me that moment of realisation that I had moved on from the playground. I realised that I no longer needed validation of my choices/success/failures from these people and that I was an adult, a creation of my own choices, achievements and abundance of mistakes. I didn’t realise until I was at the reunion that I needed that moment of self actualisation. 10 year reunion, whether good or bad, is a milestone in our life which I feel should be experienced, even if for 15 minutes. If you had a nightmare time in high school, I can guarantee your bullies won’t remember doing it, and if they do, they probably feel guilty and will be overly nice to you. I was in no way popular at school and was shocked when a girl spoke to me about our high school times and said that I had completely dismissed her and made her feel unimportant – I had no idea and could not even place her face which proved her point. It is funny that as people we remember the bad things that happened to us, but rarely remember the bad things bestowed on us. Who cares in the end, you aren’t going to see them again for another 10 years right?

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