Did you/would you go to your school reunion?

Poor Craythur · 07-04-2011 05:37PM #1

I've just received an invite to my 10 year school reunion. (:() As in 10 years after the LC.

Definitely won't be going. I hated school and couldn't wait to finish. Thing is, there were plenty of nice people in my year, but I'm still in touch with them now independent of any reunion.

And I just don't want to see the people I didn't get along with. I know it's years ago and we've all grown up so it should be fine, but that makes reunions seem all the more pointless to me, we're all distant from each other now. Plus there is one woman who I know for a fact will spend the whole time bragging that she is marrying a doctor later this year. :pac: She manages to drop same into pretty much FB status update which got her hidden from my FB newsfeed.

The only thing that would be of interest to me is too see how we're all shaping up appearance-wise! From the ones I know, most are heavier (male and female alike) with more double-chinitis going on. :pac:

So what are your feelings on school reunions?

Sykk · 07-04-2011 05:40PM

Depends on who's going

The people who I wanted to keep in touch with after school, I still talk to or else have on white book.

The rest are either twats or people I didn't get to know well.

No I wouldn't go.

orourkeda · 07-04-2011 05:40PM

Depends on who's going

Absolutely not.

I wouldnt piss on half the **** I went to school with.

hoodwinked · 07-04-2011 05:41PM

No

i'm going to be brave here, go against the norm and say yes i would go, i miss them all so much....

...had to leave them behind on my way to the top.

sdanseo · 07-04-2011 05:42PM

No

There were plenty of people that I didn't get along with in school, in fact I hard a hard time of it the first few years.

But I would go to a reunion in a heartbeat. I've only seen about half the people from my year once or twice since we left and a few I haven't seen at all. I loved the school and most of the people in it and a few bad experiences with a huge minority of people wouldn't put me off.

Also, ten years later people will have matured hugely. I know people from school that once gave me stick that I now get on quite cordially with when I see them. Age is a great thing in some respects.

Chaotic_Forces · 07-04-2011 05:44PM

Depends on who's going

Hell no! I hated my year, I hated it with a passion. I'm assuming you meant in secondary school, though.

The ones I do like I talk to regulary, that's about it.

But in general, depening on the size of the classes (if it was something like the American ones with around 60 people or so, sure, that could be fun). But seeing about 8 people I do like that I can see whenever I like (my friends) and having to see another 18 people or so that I wanted to punch then, no thanks.
Though... I would probably go just to punch them.

Oh_Noes · 07-04-2011 05:48PM

Depends on who's going

I wouldn't in principle but the last year of school was such a laugh and whenever I meet someone now from the same leaving cert year, they kind of feel like an old family member. Most of them anyways, there's always a few arseholes. It's been about ten years for me too but my school didn't have a reunion. Ten years is a bit too soon maybe, twenty is more understandable because everyone's settled in life.

But in reality I know that a good load of the people would be all about who looks better or has more money, the superficial materialistic stuff of American TV school reunions so that side of it would put me off.

Chaotic_Forces · 07-04-2011 05:51PM

Depends on who's going

Oh_Noes wrote: »

I wouldn't in principle but the last year of school was such a laugh and whenever I meet someone now from the same leaving cert year, they kind of feel like an old family member. Most of them anyways, there's always a few arseholes. It's been about ten years for me too but my school didn't have a reunion. Ten years is a bit too soon maybe, twenty is more understandable because everyone's settled in life.

But in reality I know that a good load of the people would be all about who looks better or has more money, the superficial materialistic stuff of American TV school reunions so that side of it would put me off.

But in this day and age that's all their about.
You've got your Facebook accounts, you usually end up adding most people from school, apart from the pri*ks. So... why wouldn't you go to the reuinion other than to compare yourself? I mean most people can still go out with the school friends and so on. Years ago, sure, I can see the point. But there isn't much of a point beyond "who's better so far in life".

Poor Craythur · 07-04-2011 05:54PM

Depends on who's going

Well, worse still, one of my primary school classmates wanted to organise a sixth class reunion last year. :eek:

Now, whatever about my secondary school class, I pretty loathe everyone I went to primary school with! It was not a good thing in my primary school class to have a brain and actually like learning.

Spread · 07-04-2011 05:54PM

No

Went to boarding school in the early 60s

and we have, for the past 15 years, a well attended two night reunion every two or three years. And even the ones that were boring back then, now are fun at 3am. Some bring wives, some don't. The best part being that most have lost the competativeness at our age so ther is no upmanship. In the earlier years it was every 5 to 7 years.

Ruu_Old · 07-04-2011 05:56PM

Depends on who's going

Probably not, loved school but had a lot of two faced bastards in my class (primary and secondary school).

chin_grin · 07-04-2011 05:56PM

Depends on who's going

F*ck no!

PeterIanStaker · 07-04-2011 05:57PM

Depends on who's going

I'd go if I had six months notice - hit the gym with a personal trainer, buff the hell up, and on the day show up in a (rented) Lamborghini with a (rented) dolly bird.

Yeah right. Wouldn't want to be in the same room as the mouthbreathers I went to school with.

KittyeeTrix · 07-04-2011 05:59PM

No

I organised one last summer for our classof '91 and it was great to catch up with everyone again:D

It was organised informally to gather as much of our year together as possible as a surprise for one of the girls who was coming home from Boston.

Out of a class of 116 we managed to get 40 of us together which was great considering a lot of us had lost contact over the years since we left school before the mobile phone, network sites etc era

Refugee from RealLife · 07-04-2011 06:00PM

I would go if my French teacher was going, she was some woman, came in everyday smelling of drink and still looking as sexy as hell. She must be about 60 now and I still would.

Many a fap had over this woman. Thank you Mrs. F.

PeterIanStaker · 07-04-2011 06:00PM

Depends on who's going

Poor Craythur wrote: »

It was not a good thing in my primary school class to have a brain and actually like learning.

Same here, and that continued into secondary for me.

Poor Craythur · 07-04-2011 06:01PM

Depends on who's going

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

Same here, and that continued into secondary for me.

It wasn't so bad in secondary school. A-stream, baby!

Plus, for a bog standard community school, there was a fair amount of ambition there.

TeddyTedson · 07-04-2011 06:01PM

I'd love to have one. Although a lot of people I've heard have emigrated now.
I liked most people in my year, obviously you're not going to be best friends with everyone but I can't think of anyone that I really didn't like.

KittyeeTrix · 07-04-2011 06:07PM

No

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'd love to have one. Although a lot of people I've heard have emigrated now.
I liked most people in my year, obviously you're not going to be best friends with everyone but I can't think of anyone that I really didn't like.

You should think about organising one then, even an informal one like I did..........

I plan on organising a proper one another few years down the line:)

PeterIanStaker · 07-04-2011 06:12PM

Depends on who's going

Poor Craythur wrote: »

It wasn't so bad in secondary school. A-stream, baby!

Plus, for a bog standard community school, there was a fair amount of ambition there.

You're lucky. My secondary school was like an evolutionary cul-de-sac and Sensory Deprivation tank combined.

And it wasn't the worst one in town.

I freely admit I went for grinds because some of the teachers weren't worth a damn. That said, there were teachers there who have influenced me greatly and who I still keep in touch with.

SeaFields · 07-04-2011 06:14PM

I still talk to the fellas I want to stay in touch with.

I believe there is a group on Facebook which applies to the rest..."I havent talked to you in years...Yeah, thats because you're a cnut."

I didnt go to my reunion last year.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 07-04-2011 06:15PM

Depends on who's going

No, they are all cnuts...

Poor Craythur · 07-04-2011 06:16PM

Depends on who's going

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I freely admit I went for grinds because some of the teachers weren't worth a damn. That said, there were teachers there who have influenced me greatly and who I still keep in touch with.

I got Maths grinds (as did everyone in the class) because our teacher would spend his time grunting and sticking the chalk up his nose. And he couldn't be fired. What a country!

Refugee from RealLife · 07-04-2011 06:17PM

Actually now that I think of it, I wonder if Susan would be there. The first girl I fell in love with.

Ruu_Old · 07-04-2011 06:18PM

Depends on who's going

Poor Craythur wrote: »

It wasn't so bad in secondary school. A-stream, baby!

Plus, for a bog standard community school, there was a fair amount of ambition there.

Do any sort of good work in school or show any interest and you'd be called "saaaaaaaaaaaaaaad" or a "lick". ;_;

Oh_Noes · 07-04-2011 06:20PM

Depends on who's going

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

But in this day and age that's all their about.
You've got your Facebook accounts, you usually end up adding most people from school, apart from the pri*ks. So... why wouldn't you go to the reuinion other than to compare yourself? I mean most people can still go out with the school friends and so on. Years ago, sure, I can see the point. But there isn't much of a point beyond "who's better so far in life".

I wouldn't be interested in comparing myself or going to meet with people who are there to compare themselves to me if that makes sense. When I read the thread first I started imagining a scenario like, what if everyone was offered an incentive to go back to school for a day, all in uniform, all in the same seats. That would be a mad laugh tbh. Maybe it could be a gameshow of some sort :pac: The rules of the game are that you have to go the whole schoolday acting completely normally as if you never left. You're kicked out of class if you make any mention of your life in between finishing school and now. Maybe a classroom version of the weakest link with a school reunion twist?

PeterIanStaker · 07-04-2011 06:20PM

Depends on who's going

Poor Craythur wrote: »

I got Maths grinds (as did everyone in the class) because our teacher would spend his time grunting and sticking the chalk up his nose. And he couldn't be fired. What a country!

I also got maths grinds, and I think I got a C or D (can't remember) in pass maths.

Skerries · 07-04-2011 06:21PM

Depends on who's going

just got an invite to my 20th anniversary reunion
never kept in touch with anyone from school and don't want to

YEAR OF 91! woo and hoo :rolleyes:

07-04-2011 06:21PM

I think we are due a 10 year one this year as well from my original school... no it's 10 years for me and next year for them.
I would go, I'm curious to see what everyone is up to and how they turned out and so on

Poor Craythur · 07-04-2011 06:22PM

Depends on who's going

Ruu wrote: »

Do any sort of good work in school or show any interest and you'd be called "saaaaaaaaaaaaaaad" or a "lick". ;_;

I remember me and my sis going on at home about how "sad" someone from school was.

My mother was getting pissed off at us and pipes up "He might not be sad, he might be very happy actually!" :pac::pac::pac::pac:

PeterIanStaker · 07-04-2011 06:22PM

Depends on who's going

Oh_Noes wrote: »

I wouldn't be interested in comparing myself or going to meet with people who are there to compare themselves to me if that makes sense. When I read the thread first I started imagining a scenario like, what if everyone was offered an incentive to go back to school for a day, all in uniform, all in the same seats. That would be a mad laugh tbh. Maybe it could be a gameshow of some sort :pac: The rules of the game are that you have to go the whole schoolday acting completely normally as if you never left. You're kicked out of class if you make any mention of your life in between finishing school and now. Maybe a classroom version of the weakest link with a school reunion twist?

Why not explosive collars like in Battle Royale instead?

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