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by Gilbert Osborne
Let's admit it; we all love and cherish those crazy high school years. Okay, maybe not exactly. It seems like high school goes great for some, and pretty darn terrible for others. I have to say that it wasn't so special for me. I was just kind of there. Anyway, I think it's safe to say that we did all make connections back in school. You probably had a few friends that you were really close with and a few more that you saw on a daily basis. It wasn't so bad. But where are all those old acquaintances now? Have you lost touch with them? Well, no worries if that is the case. There are always more and more high school class reunions. I'm sure you have one every ten years. It's crazy to actually go back there and see all those people you once new. It's amazing how we all change.
I will be the first to admit that I ditched the high school class reunions. I no longer lived in that area, and I wasn't about to make a trip across country to attend that surreal event. However, I found a way to get in touch with old high school buddies and acquaintances with out the hassle of high school class reunions. Not long ago I received an email from my old high school. It was asking me to join a free online club of graduates. Everyone who attended my high school could meet on there and reunite. That's pretty sweet! I simply logged in with me free password and began finding old classmates. There may be something just like this that applies to you and your old high school.
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... all my letters are read. I like that. I usually put something in there that I would like the staff to see. If some of the staff are lazy and choose not to read the mail, I usually write on the envelope “Legal Mail.” This way it will surely be read. It’s important that we educate everybody as we go along.
| —Jean Gump, U.S. pacifist. As quoted in The Great Divide, book 2, section 10, by Studs Terkel (1988) |
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The Internet has made high school class reunions almost unnecessary. With massive websites such as classmates.com and yearbook.com, we hardly need a grand formal get-together. I recently got back in touch with four former buddies from my high school just by using the free website. If you don't have access to such a site, you should give classmates.com a shot. Maybe you want to find out what's happening with a few of your buddies before you tackle one of the 10-year high school class reunions. If no one you want to see is even going to show up, then you might not care to attend yourself. Have a blast by keeping in-touch via the World-Wide-Web.
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