School reunions

[Guest guest]

I went to boarding school from 15 -18 and hated it, but had no choice due to

some very sad family circumstances. One of my classmates tracked me down by

seeing a photo of me belonging to a lad I was friends with for a couple of

years - at a distance, me met on a SU working party who were painting a

homeless peoples' shelter one summer and were at different universities. He

knew my married name and phone number from when we were at the christmas

card only stage! She phoned out of the blue and asked if I was interested

in going back to Old Girls day last Nov. I had some very very mixed

feelings about it - worried that I didn't need some very unhappy memories

stirred up, but my sister was keen to go, so I went. I was completely

amazed to discover that some of the people who I thought were most

'integrated' into the system and happy, prefects even! had hated it too and

we all wondered how so many of us had turned out as sane and happy as we

had. It was good to talk about how awful things were, and to laugh at some

of it whilst acknowleging how horrible some of the other bits were. It was

also good to see how much had changed both in terms of the physical

environment and also in the attitudes of staff to pupils and pupils to staff

and life.

I'd love to catch up with some of the people at the first secondary school I

went to though... so I might be tempted by the website yet! Though perhaps

an extra couple of hours a day would be useful - DK's break up on Thurs

which is toooooo sooooon!!!!!

Liz Goudie