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applejuiceisair

2 posts? one day?

Mar 06, 2007 23:14

Today in Grief Loss and Film I realized how lucky I am. Pete said "Think of the 5 people you were closest with in high school, how many of them are you still close with, not that many right???" and I ran the list down my head, and for me he was wrong. So wrong. I'm really lucky to have the friends that I have. This post won't be another long one. ( Read more... )

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orangecrush1189 March 7 2007, 13:50:39 UTC

He really said that? What a BI think he just wants everyone to think that College Is Too Amazing For Words, and that he is a part of making that happen. I'm glad you have your ridiculous group o friends from HS.

sommeree March 7 2007, 16:14:07 UTC

I think he probably just meant that people change and that you don't have to be friends with the same people forever to mean it was special. we talked about that in movement yesterday.
but it's cool if you still are, too. i mean, if he was saying that you shouldn't be friends with people from high school still, that's pretty wrong. pete is known for being wrong. at least, he's known by me for that.

blairistotle March 8 2007, 04:39:36 UTC

yea, you're right and shit, but you're missing the fundamental awesomeness of wanting to be friends with someone forever, not feeling stuck just to say "BFF!". I feel like you jump to the same conclusion that Dr. Pete (and you can't escape playing that part even though you acknowledge that you could be) does: that even if someone continues friendships from high school they're somehow less relevant than those of college friendships. Don't cheapen something you don't understand because you're attached to a blackboard understanding of the world...but I guess as college students, we all pretty much are.

sommeree March 8 2007, 16:08:41 UTC

oh, hi.
i don't think that friendships from high school are less relevant than ones from college. at all. i don't know why you assume that (or a lot of the other things you assume here for that matter).
i just think it's pretty likely that when you go away to college those friendship you had at home will change or even end, not because they weren't good relationships but because people tend to change when they find new surroundings. i also know that just because something is probable doesn't mean it's inevitable or desirable. i actually think it's really awesome when people who love each other and have a tons of good times together stay friends forever.

blairistotle March 8 2007, 18:29:21 UTC

alright.

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patrike March 15 2007, 16:08:43 UTC

You know, I've thought about that a lot. Why are we still friends? My dad used to tell me to just drop all of my friends after I leave high school because I will never talk to them again, but I knew that he was wrong. Their generation doesn't even begin to understand our generation. They didn't have AIM or facebook or cell phones back when they were in college, so of course they were going to lose their high school friends. But nowadays we have the ability to keep in touch with who we like the best and if that happens to be the people you went to high school with well... cool. Just my two cents because I'm bored.