Why do teachers feel the need to say that we'll never see each other again after high school? It really bugs me when they tell us that none of this matters or that we won't remember each other's names in five or ten years. How do you know? Sure, you went through high school before. However, I would like to point out that most likely, you had a completely different experience than the one you would have had at Tech High. Instead of having sixty classmates, you had a thousand. You didn't spend the entire day with the exact same people for nine months out of the year. You didn't have those four years to get to know each and every one of those sixty kids.
I can tell you right now, that in twenty years when I have kids or grandkids or whatever showing me a cool picture of a tiger, I will be able to say, "Hey, my friend Nate from high school was obsessed with tigers." I'll still remember texting Frank, Shane, and Emma every morning telling them what I was wearing so that they could match me. Most importantly, I'll still remember that day we're all standing all that stage and I'm sobbing because I won't get to see these people everyday. I will remember every single inappropriate joke and every single coordinated, exasperated sigh I shared with my best friend.
So don't tell me nobody will matter in five years because to me, high school has been the best four years of my life so far. I know I have many more years to come but high school will definitely be a highlight. We're actually planning to have an informal reunion dinner every year and a formal reunion in ten years for sure. I just hope that at that reunion in ten years, all of you teachers that say we won't remember each other will be there so I can laugh and say, "I told you so."
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