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Have you attended a high school reunion?
Yes, and I was glad I went 9 (32.1%)
Yes, but I wish I hadn't gone 0 (0%)
No, but I will/probably will go to my next reunion 5 (17.9%)
No, I don't plan to go to any reunions 12 (42.9%)
Other 2 (7.1%)
Total Votes: 28
Have you attended a high school reunion?
Topic Started: Aug 8 2007, 06:50 PM (373 Views)
musicasacra
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HOLY CARP!!!
this poll was prompted by news today of another classmate of mine who died. that makes six; two of them within one year of graduation. quite shocking. makes me want to get the most out of life i can.

i might go to my reunion. i'm thinking the people i would most want to see probably wouldn't come.

your experiences with reunions?
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CTPianotech
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My 10 year is supposed to be this year. If I get a letter I'll go.
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plays88keys
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MS, I am going to my reunion next month. I'm from a small town; there was only one high school, and most of the people in my class I've known since kindergarten. It's like attending a family function in a way, because the decades-long familiarity amongst us all makes it very easy and relaxed.

I do understand what you're saying about losing classmates; I'm always saddened when I get this kind of news. We always have some sort of memorial during the reunion to remember those who won't be with us again.

I hope you'll attend yours and enjoy seeing your classmates and learning who's done what with their lives so far. People are definitely more civilized as adults (for the most part)!

My upcoming reunion is different though, in that it is a "mega reunion" that includes all the classes from 1960-1970, and instead of being held in my hometown, it's being held at Virginia Beach, because that's where we all went the first week school was out for the summer. It's a long weekend event and we've managed to fill up the entire Cavalier resort. The last mailing I got said they were expecting 570 classmates to attend.

I can't wait!!! :sombrero:

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musicasacra
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cool, enjoy your reunion plays!

i'm also from a small town with only one high school. some of them i've known since kindergarten. my reunion is in two years. i'll probably go. i go to visit my mom every summer anyway.

i totally agree about people being more civilized once they graduate from high school. i had my circle of friends but others i just went to classes with. but the summer after i graduated high school, i ran into a few classmates who i never really spoke to while in school. they greeted me like an old friend, it was so funny!

do you know if teachers show up to these reunions too? that would be cool.
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plays88keys
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In the past we've had teachers, coaches, guidance counselors and the principal. Since we are so far down the path from the 1960s, fewer and fewer are still with us. I was absolutely shocked into reality at my last reunion in 2000 when I saw our revered football coach being assisted up to the podium because he was too feeble to do so on his own.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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Mikhailoh
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We went to my 30 year reunion - it was very cool because we were the best looking couple. There were a lot of old people there.
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The 89th Key
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If my class has a 10 year reunion in 2010, then I'd go.
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Red Rice
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I'm going to my 10-year high school reunion this December. I'm really looking forward to it; I've kept in touch with some people but I haven't with most, even though I went to a small school, and I'd like to see what they're up to. It would be cool if some of the teachers would attend, but for whatever reason the organizing committee didn't invite them. :(
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

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kenny
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I'd rather have my skin peeled off.
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musicasacra
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my high school has an online alumni directory. you can search all of your classmates and other years. it's pretty cool. there are a few in my class that are still "missing."

some pay service set this online directory up for them. so i'm guessing some of you may also have this for your schools.
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OperaTenor
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One of my closest friends from high school in AZ died about a year ago, and going to visit his family was one of the reasons we went to AZ the time we met you and IT, MS. It was quite a shock to hear a of his death.

No school reunions here. The Guardfish alumni are holding a reunion in 2009 in CT, and I'm toying with the idea of going. There are a couple of the guys from das Boot I'd really like to reconnect with.



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musicasacra
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wow, didn't realize that. that's great you visited your friend's family.

i haven't lost a close high school friend yet, but i find the six deaths in a rather brief amount of time to be shocking. the guy who just died this weekend was a really nice guy, an athlete in school, sat in front of me in history class, etc. car accident, no seat belt. he left two kids under 6 and a young widow.
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jon-nyc
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Mikhailoh
Aug 8 2007, 11:13 PM
.. it was very cool because we were the best looking couple.

Way too many opportunities for a joke, here, Mik....you should tempt us so. ;)
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Daniel
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HOLY CARP!!!
kenny
Aug 8 2007, 07:26 PM
I'd rather have my skin peeled off.

:spit:
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jon-nyc
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I missed the 5 yr and the 10 year.


But last summer I went to my 20 year (I feel old saying that).

It was FANTASTIC. And unlike many here, I didn't grow up with this crew from birth to adulthood. This was in Rochester, NY. I had moved there in 9th grade and left for good after graduation. So I had only lived in the town for 4 years. I had no interaction with anyone from the class except a small number of people (maybe 3).

So for me the reunion was the first time I had seen these people in 20 years.


I was expecting it to be interesting, but it was actually fun. Like others have said you greet people who weren't in your crowd as long-lost friends. You just can't help it, everyone is caught up in the nostalgia. And, like plays said, some people turned out to be really great people.


I've also heard that the 20 year was different than the previous two. The 5 year is too close to graduation, the dynamic hasn't changed all that much. At the 10 year, there was a bit too much showing off, comparing careers and all that (so they tell me). The 20 year people were more relaxed.
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jon-nyc
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By the way, MS - what reunion will this be, may I ask?
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i only went to my 20th (14 years ago) for those of you who are counting. i had no interest in attending the earlier ones. It was pretty fun. i did meet up with my highschool date (we didn't really fall in love or anything back then, just went to dances and games).. that was nice.

i had just had my first son about 10 days before. i should have brought him but instead i left him with my sister in law.

my boobs got so huge during the event. i must have swelled up to a 50 super D.

i got so many nice comments.
it behooves me to behold
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Frank_W
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I went to my 10-year reunion. It was okay... My 20-year is coming up this month, but I've got a dive trip to Key Largo, so I won't be going. I would have liked to have gone, but not enough to cancel my dive trip. ;)
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jon-nyc
Aug 9 2007, 05:29 AM
Mikhailoh
Aug 8 2007, 11:13 PM
.. it was very cool because we were the best looking couple.

Way too many opportunities for a joke, here, Mik....you should tempt us so. ;)

I am ever bold. Foolhardy, perhaps, but always bold.


(I thought someone would pick up on the crack about the old people.)
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dolmansaxlil
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Highschool reunions aren't as much of a thing here. My highschool doesn't do them, and as far as I can tell, that's not unusual.

We do reunions with my theatre school class, and we decided that rather than wait for 10 years after graduation, we'd do a 10 years after entering (so it was 6 years after grad). It was fun, but for the most part, I still talk to all these people fairly regularly, so it wasn't a reunion so much as a gathering of scattered friends.

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big al
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I'll be going to one next month. I went to a small high school in a mostly rural township. The largest village in the township was about 400 people and that's where the high school was located. There were 39 in my graduating class.

The school was merged out of existence a few years after I graduated, so all the graduates are becoming older and fewer. About 15 years ago, some alumni initiated the practice of a common reunion for all graduates every 2-3 years. I've now attended several and have always had a good time. Some of these people were friends, teammates, or classmates and others I barely knew (or didn't know at all, if from years well before mine), but I'v always found some to talk to and catch up with. Even my wife doesn't find it too, too boring and has come to know a few people herself, although I don't think it's an event she looks forward to.

We do have some teachers present, but as we get further and further away from the last year of the school's existence, the numbers of teachers declines as well and would be expected to hit zero first because teachers are older than students.

I only live about 75 miles from where I grew up so it's just a short drive and worth doing one night every 2-3 years. If I had to fly across the country to do it, I might not make the effort.

I'm also planning on attending my 40th college reunion this year. I have never gone to one of these, but think that this is perhaps a milestone I shouldn't miss. As I get older, I become somewhat more cognizant of mortality. I no longer think we're all going to live forever. As MS noted in her original post, it's usually not long after high school when that fact begins to impress itself on your consciousness. Up until then, most deaths are attributible to accident or the person being much older than you. However, it's when you realize that you're the older generation and members of your generation are dying that it really begins to take hold.

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The 89th Key
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Side note: I had 500 in my graduating class. We also had approx 72 different languages represented, and my GPA was 31st out of the 500. Coulda been better, but eh, it was senior year.

I saw that Big Al had 39 in his class, so that got me thinking?

What were your graduating stats?
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dolmansaxlil
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We had about 80 in my graduating class (for grade 13, which not everyone did - only university bound folks). I was second in the class by 0.3 percent. I'm a bit bitter about it. :P
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Aqua Letifer
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There were about 150 in my graduating class. I haven't been to a reunion and I plan on never attending.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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LWpianistin
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260 in my class.

I MIGHT attend a reunion, but I don't think many of my HS friends will go.

And how are you today?
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