It's funny. There was a thread yesterday in the SGATLiens group about what high school we went to. This morning I got an email through classmates.com that they're planning our 20 (yes, 20) year reunion. I didn't graduate, and that high school wasn't even the last one I went to, but it's the one I went to longest and the one I most identify myself with. Should I be eligible to go? Should I want to go?
My memories of school aren't all that fond. I was depressed even then. Plus I had lousy hygiene. I hung out with one of the biggest guys in the school, so nobody messed with me, but I wasn't a popular kid. It's pretty easy now to see why, and so it's difficult to nurse any kind of grudge. But high school being such a formative period, especially socially and sexually, your experiences there have a lasting effect.
So should I want to go? Do I get there and have to struggle with the crappy memories and resentment? Or is living well really the best revenge? (I'm just using the adage. I'm not looking for any kind of revenge; more validation or vindication). I went from pathetic high school dropout to MIT graduate. I have a good job, great friends, a generally positive attitude. I've gained 40 pounds since then and look better than I ever have (plus I shower frequently, so I smell better, too
).
But I don't really need their approval anymore. Sure I've got a few scars; but scars are simply reminders, not open wounds. And even the scars are fading, with maybe just a little ache when the weather's really bad....
Should I go?
My memories of school aren't all that fond. I was depressed even then. Plus I had lousy hygiene. I hung out with one of the biggest guys in the school, so nobody messed with me, but I wasn't a popular kid. It's pretty easy now to see why, and so it's difficult to nurse any kind of grudge. But high school being such a formative period, especially socially and sexually, your experiences there have a lasting effect.
So should I want to go? Do I get there and have to struggle with the crappy memories and resentment? Or is living well really the best revenge? (I'm just using the adage. I'm not looking for any kind of revenge; more validation or vindication). I went from pathetic high school dropout to MIT graduate. I have a good job, great friends, a generally positive attitude. I've gained 40 pounds since then and look better than I ever have (plus I shower frequently, so I smell better, too
).
But I don't really need their approval anymore. Sure I've got a few scars; but scars are simply reminders, not open wounds. And even the scars are fading, with maybe just a little ache when the weather's really bad....
Should I go?
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[Edited on Apr 22, 2005 2:19PM]