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sprinter · 05-07-2009, 07:49 PM

Yeah I don't mean literally going back to high school but today for the first time in 29 years I actually went inside my old high school. I drive by almost every day but I haven't been inside or near it since graduation. What a strange feeling I got, like time hadn't passed at all! The place looks exactly like it did when I graduated, at least the part I was in. It was kind of neat feeling actually, I felt as if I was 29 years younger. And since the last time I was there was graduation and it's about that time of year seemed to just add tp the feeling. I'm glad I went to meeting because I didn't really want to go but it was worth it just for the time travel like experience.

copper · 05-10-2009, 05:26 AM

I will never walk into the high school I went too. I made that promise to myself when I graduated from there. I seen recent pictures online and it has totally changed. They did a major renovation on the building. I haven't been back home since I left there in December of 1995. My parent's ended up moving up here 4 years after I moved up here.

millenniumman75 · 05-10-2009, 10:01 AM

My high school is now the Junior High, and even it apparently has been completely revamped. I graduated in 1993. Since then, with the school change, came a new high school and two large elementary schools. All three look like prison wards - all new schools do these days - even having "cell blocks".

With the economy tanking, they are forced to close one of the oldest schools in the city - the very first elementary school I ever attended in 1980. The school is approaching 50 years old and they don't want to spend the money to keep it open until they get more funds.

citizenjane · 05-10-2009, 10:04 AM

I briefly attended a Catholic school in 8th grade. I was there for less than a year- the second half of 8th grade- since I was flunking out and skipping class at my previous school.
I hated that catholic school so much, and all the kids were so clique-ish and snobby and mean to me, that I still get a sick feeling in my stomach whenever I drive by that church/school.
Still, to this day. And it's been over 20 years since I went there.

sprinter · 05-10-2009, 02:45 PM

I went to this school from grade 7-12. It was brand new when I started going there, my class was the first to go from 7-12 grades there. So I guess it's not all that surprising that it hasn't changed yet. It does look like a prison though. I don't have very many happy memories from that place and never thought I would ever go inside it again. But I have to admit going back was like going back in time or like it was just yesterday I was there. It was a cool time warp experience.

05-07-2009, 07:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
sprinter Status: flying at tree level Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Posts: 2,665	Going back to high school... Yeah I don't mean literally going back to high school but today for the first time in 29 years I actually went inside my old high school. I drive by almost every day but I haven't been inside or near it since graduation. What a strange feeling I got, like time hadn't passed at all! The place looks exactly like it did when I graduated, at least the part I was in. It was kind of neat feeling actually, I felt as if I was 29 years younger. And since the last time I was there was graduation and it's about that time of year seemed to just add tp the feeling. I'm glad I went to meeting because I didn't really want to go but it was worth it just for the time travel like experience.

05-10-2009, 05:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
copper Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan Age: 39 Posts: 7,768	I will never walk into the high school I went too. I made that promise to myself when I graduated from there. I seen recent pictures online and it has totally changed. They did a major renovation on the building. I haven't been back home since I left there in December of 1995. My parent's ended up moving up here 4 years after I moved up here. __________________ troll: man, we got a lot of snow yooper: eh? troll: three feet, man! yooper: yah troll: no school, man, it was sweet yooper: you closed school for three feet of snow?!?!??!? troll: you like excessive punctuation, don't you?

05-10-2009, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,628	My high school is now the Junior High, and even it apparently has been completely revamped. I graduated in 1993. Since then, with the school change, came a new high school and two large elementary schools. All three look like prison wards - all new schools do these days - even having "cell blocks". With the economy tanking, they are forced to close one of the oldest schools in the city - the very first elementary school I ever attended in 1980. The school is approaching 50 years old and they don't want to spend the money to keep it open until they get more funds. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!

05-10-2009, 10:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
citizenjane Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: South Gender: Female Posts: 63	I briefly attended a Catholic school in 8th grade. I was there for less than a year- the second half of 8th grade- since I was flunking out and skipping class at my previous school. I hated that catholic school so much, and all the kids were so clique-ish and snobby and mean to me, that I still get a sick feeling in my stomach whenever I drive by that church/school. Still, to this day. And it's been over 20 years since I went there.

05-10-2009, 02:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
sprinter Status: flying at tree level Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Posts: 2,665	I went to this school from grade 7-12. It was brand new when I started going there, my class was the first to go from 7-12 grades there. So I guess it's not all that surprising that it hasn't changed yet. It does look like a prison though. I don't have very many happy memories from that place and never thought I would ever go inside it again. But I have to admit going back was like going back in time or like it was just yesterday I was there. It was a cool time warp experience.