> > With most of the people, I'll probably never
> find out. I was shy in high school, and I'd be
> surprised if any of the people that didn't know
> me fairly well even remembered me by now.
> But still, I have to wonder...
>
> I went to my five-year high school reunion back
> in '98 and it was a very interesting experience.
>
> It strikes me as very odd that you can go to the
> same school with the same people for years
> and years, and then a mere five years'
> separation can turn everyone into almost
> perfect strangers. Part of it had to do with the
> fact that I had no really close friends in my
> high school class; all my buddies were a year
> ahead of me in school.
>
> It was weird to see many these "kids" I went to
> school with show up dragging their small
> children, toddlers, babies, and spouses with
> them. I wasn't married yet at the time, so I
> guess I just couldn't identify with that yet. If I go
> to the ten-year, maybe it'll be different.
>
> I was both delighted and disappointed at my
> high-school reunion. Delighted to see how
> well people were doing; to hear about their
> successful careers (that they were admittedly
> just starting), their growing families; etc.
> Delighted that I got to talk with some folks that
> I hadn't interacted much with in high school
> and found out that we had stuff in common
> that I never knew before.
>
> But disappointed to find that many of the
> "popular crowd" were just as shallow as ever.
> Maybe my position as a "nerd" made me
> biased against them, but it seemed to me that
> four years of college and a year in "the real
> world" hadn't changed many people at all. The
> old cliques were still there, and the folks in
> them were still enjoying the same old insider
> jokes. But the nice thing about it was that deep
> down, I didn't really care anymore.
>
> Anyway, my ten-year high school reunion is
> coming up in 2003. I wonder if another five
> years will make any more difference?
>
> Gri"feeling cynical because he's tired?"shny

In May 2002 I'll be going to my first high school reunion ever -- 47 years out of high school. Now I wonder what all those old people look like.

Cal"young at heart"vin