In high school how can you be close to so many people but the day after graduation you guys stop talking?
I realized this over the weekend when I was at a social event with some teachers that I had in high school. It was weird that our small class of thirteen I can only tell you where three of them are today. I only know this because of going to college with them. I also think thats its crazy you were so close in high school you barley talk to this day. You may say hello when you run into each other on the street but other than that no one really makes a motion to stay close friends after high school.
Is there a reason for this?
Are we as individuals changing? Or just growing apart?
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12 years ago
The older I get the more I notice this happening. I think it is because people travel more, move away more and just dont stay in touch like they used to. Ironic that we have more ways to stay in touch and we are just too busy to do that.
ReplyDeleteHigh school is a very insular experience - the walls are well-defined and quite close. You identify who you are by the letter on your jacket and whose locker you are close to.
ReplyDeleteWhen we leave high school, we no longer have the walls and the school colors to define who we are. For most people, that's a good thing. Often, the "losers" or "outsiders" from high school flourish once freed into the world at large. We get new friends - ones we share real interests with, not just class time and coincidence of birth year.
And who struggles the most? Often those who had defined themselves most completely by their high school experience. Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" is entirely ironic, but some treat it as an anthem.
This seems to happen often, that's why social networking sites like myspace and facebook are succesful. They allow you to reconnect with people you went to school with. But I feel if these people were true friends,you wouldn't need these sites to find them.
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