I am back to the reunion thing again for only one reason. I have been absolutely astounded by the persons who have sent friend requests. I don't know that I should be. But I am. I never asociated with them in highschool. Some because of the trauma that was middle school. Some because I thought there was no way they'd want to hang out with me. And some because I was told there was no way. And here is something that I think I can attribute only to the techno age we live in: these are not the same people that I went to higschool with.
I've checked out the profiles of the people that made the friend requests. For the most part, I could hang out with them these days. I would never have guessed that they would be into the things that they are into/done what they have done with their lives. And, I never expected that I could have anything in common with many of them.
So, here's the revelation: if we weren't so busy being/fighting/trying to figure out how to function in the artificial society of Catholic school where our parents put us, we may have gotten along better. We may have seen each other for who were are. But we all were viewing life through the should have/had better glasses. All of us were probably frustrated trying to be ourselves as well as the cookie cutter copies that our religious training was trying to make us. It is most likely the frustration from the disconnect each person felt internally that caused most of the problems. I read these profiles and I think that there is no way Bob Martin would have been the only one of us that the establishment would try to get rid of. And, the Powers that were (inside joke to my 'mates) would be surprised who would have ended up on the McCarthy list. Fer cryin' out loud, I was voted class nun! I am Jewish!
Now I definately want to go if for no other reason than to test this hypothosis. I'm not much into live sporting events having to do with football, But I may even consider going to the Homecoming game. What up with that?
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