“My high school wasn't a big public school; it was tiny. There were 36 girls in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn't wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It's really fun to see the girls at reunions now.” YearsEnoughBigsSchoolGirlFunWaitingClassGroupsHigh SchoolTinyGet AwayGraduatesSeniorPublic SchoolReunionSenior YearGraduating Class Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“It is strange how the romances of the teenage years retain a poignancy all through life - how a girl who turns you down when you're 16 retains an aura in your memory even long after you, and she, have ceased to be who you were then. I attended my high school reunion a couple of weeks ago and discovered, in the souvenir booklet assembled by the reunion committee, that one of the girls in my class had a crush on me all those years ago. I would have given a great deal to have had that information at the time.” YearsLongSchoolRomanceTurnsGirlGivenMemoriesDealsClassWeekInformationStrangeCoupleHigh SchoolYears AgoCrushCommitteesTeenageOur MemoriesReunionAurasTeenage YearsSouvenirsPoignancyHigh School ReunionSchool Reunion Book:Roger Ebert's Video Companion Source: Roger Ebert's Video Companion
“Reunions are always fraught with awkward tensions - the necessity to account for oneself; the attempt to find, through memories, an ember of the old emotions.” SchoolMemoriesEmotionFamilyHigh SchoolAccountsOneselfTensionAwkwardReunionEmbers Author:Anita Shreve
“I went to my 30th high school reunion, and I could tell who was gay and who was straight because the gay people were like, 'Sarah, you've been doing so much,' and the straight people were like, 'So, Sarah, what have you been doing?” PeopleSchoolGayHigh SchoolGay PeopleReunionHigh School ReunionSchool Reunion Author:Sarah Schulman