Comments on: Auld lang syne and all that

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:34:56 +0000

It’s funny cause I haven’t even cared about going near my old high school. The school I went to hasn’t even existed for years because we had been paired with another town and that pairing broke up a few years after I graduated. My sister was the first class actually out of the new one.

By: Girlgoyle

Girlgoyle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:40:31 +0000

Funny you should write about just this topic. On my last trip home I could not help but visit my old High School and the changes it has undergone and is still undergoing were heartbreaking. So much so that as you put it, that place where so many memories were made is no longer.

And come on! Facebook is good! hehehehe

By: East Coast Teacher

East Coast Teacher — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:38:35 +0000

I know what you mean. I’ve gone back to my high school a few times in the past few years and it’s nothing like it was when I was there 11 (almost *gasp* 12) years ago – new paint, carpeting, a trophy case in the front entrance – but at the same time, all I have to do is walk toward the library and I remember moments after school working on the newspaper.

Or walk down a certain wing and remember gathering with my BFF to talk about our latest crushes.

The closing of a high school is a sad thing, indeed. I hope that doesn’t happen, but even if it does, you will carry those memories you created there with you forever.

By: The Exception

The Exception — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:13:53 +0000

Facebook isn’t that bad – though I hate admitting that I am on there!

They closed my junior high school a while back. Now, no one has fabulous memories of junior high nor should it cause sadness when such a building is closed… and yet, I can related to what you are feeling. There is something about the place that made the memories. Sure I still have those memories, but the place was kind of unique for all that it was and all that was experienced.

By: Mel Heth

Mel Heth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:20:48 +0000

Awe don’t hate the Facebook. It’s kinda fun to reminisce with old high school friends on there.

I thoroughly enjoyed your trip down memory lane here. I too wore colored denim and had a magnetic locker mirror. Even with all its awkwardness, high school is an unforgettable time. I’d be sad if my school was closing, too.

By: robb

robb — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:09:18 +0000

Oh, come on…Facebook is not the end

They are thinking of closing my high school too – someone started a Facebook ‘group’ to ’save the school’.

By: Dingo

Dingo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:57:55 +0000

High school…meh. But last year my college dorm was torn down to make way for brand new buildings. That made me sad.

By: NGS

NGS — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:17:01 +0000

Awwww…my high school was brand new when I went there as a freshman. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be told it was closing. I’m not too nostalgic, but it might make me try and get there for one last basketball/football/volleyball game, just to say goodbye to the place.

By: anne

anne — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:45:40 +0000

That is sad. I’m trying to put myself in your shoes and I would definitely be affected by it. I drove by the building for years even before I attended it, so it would feel so weird to know that it won’t even be a school.