Am going to high school reunion today..as a guest

[Stuart G]

I taught at this school for 14 years.. In the 80s and 90s..
The school is having a party for its 50th birthday. (all class reunion) All teachers and students invited as a fundraiser. Some students I had 20 years ago will be there. Odd feelings. They will be in their 30s. Wonder about it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. interesting twist...Have Fun

and I want a 5 page report on it all. :)

[bigwillq]

2. Have fun!

:hi:

[Turbineguy]

3. It might be fun.

I stayed in touch with a High School instructor for many years.

I found one of my college Professors through the internet and we have lunch once a year.

You may find a few of your success stories.

[Stuart G]

4. It turned out better than expected.

I saw a couple of the ex students that I never expected or thought about. Both were in the 40s.
One in particular said some very kind things about the teaching experience with me, that I had long since forgotten about.
It is odd and somewhat frightful to sit and look back over what has done in one's career. Especially if that career ended more than 10 years ago. I am very happy that I went.

[davsand]

5. We had an old teacher come out after our most recent class reunion.

It wasn't like anybody ever doubted he was gay, and we ALL knew he wore a toupee. This stuff was just obvious to us even when we were self absorbed teens.

What was SO amazing was that he chose to do it via a mass email a week AFTER the reunion. The email was full of stuff about his life--even down to the sexual abuse he suffered as a kid, and the subsequent shame. It was such an intense email that when I read it my first thought was "Gawd has this guy's life sucked." Then I started to wonder about his safety.

I have talked to other classmates since then, and they all had pretty much the same response--they were looking for his obit after such a wide spread distribution of that email.

On a happier note, my daughter will be taking Spanish next year from the same lady that I took 4 years of Spanish from in high school. I ran into her at an open house at the jr high and it was just a wonderful reunion. I was overjoyed to see her and we got caught up (kinda.) She had to giggle a bit when I told her about running a Bi-lingual legal service hotline for a few years. We are already making plans for a fiesta for the kids next year!

I think it is a shame that more teachers don't have the opportunity to hear from students how much they impacted on their lives. Good for you for going!


Laura