# Poll: What has happened since high school. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488 "2004-08-05T18:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/1 "2004-08-05T18:02:45Z")
I just got my 20 year reunion question form for the memory book in the mail and thought I would post some of the questions here for grins and giggles: \*\* Occupation: Married? \Children/Ages? Hobbies & Interests: Best Memory of High School: Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School: Something Special To Brag About: In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: Literature: Television: Music: Sports: Cultural Events:\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/2 "2004-08-05T18:18:22Z")
Occupation: Married? \Children/Ages? What I might send in: Hobbies & Interests: Making people laugh during uncomfortable settings such as rectal exams, funerals, death bed and weddings. ( Funny, how they are all about the same in reality.) Best Memory of High School: " Joan. Joan Fuckoff and Dei" in response to a teacher asking me what the F stood for for my middle initial. (pronounced Dye) And I didn’t get into trouble. Hah. Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School: :[ul] [li]2. Convincing him to marry a woman with limited domestic skills and superior sarcastic fire power.[/li][li]3. Have two healthy children.[/li][li]4. My tits growing a cup size ( and summarily, dropping like a lead weight.)[/li][li]5. Getting my dog to come when called.[/li][li]6. Ramen noodle soup.[/li][/ul] Something Special To Brag about: I pack light and tie my shoes with the two bunny ears method. In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: Miller’s Crossing, Big Lebowski, The Usual Suspects, Fargo, O Brother Where art thou, Pride & Prejudice ( BBC version), Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean. Literature: Any book worth reading will be made into either a craptacular film or outstanding example of the merging of literature and cinema, where I fall asleep during it anyways. Television: It.Is.All.Garbage. ( Except Most Extreme Elimination. Those Japanese very wacky.) Music: Britney Spears Rawks! Sports: Lance Armstrong dominating the Tour De France six years in a row and the Lions tanking for twenty years. There is comfort in consistancy. Cultural Events: Sorry, we live in Michigan. Where the only culture we have in in Yogurt. Thou Escanaba in da Moonlight runs a close second. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/3 "2004-08-05T18:26:11Z")
**Occupation:** Writer **Married?** Yes **\Children/Ages?** 1/1 **Hobbies & Interests:** writing, gaming, history **Best Memory of High School:** plotting ‘leaving our mark’ on the school with the valedictorian. **Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School:** The internet. **Something Special To Brag about\_:** nothing in particular In the past (fourteen years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: Willow Literature: Scarlette Television: The Daily Show Music: Brubreck Sports: Smarty Jones Cultural Events: Protest concerts to get Bush out ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/4 "2004-08-05T18:35:29Z")
Well, I’ve only been out of high school 6 years, but here’s mine. **Occupation:** Paralegal/poet/lyricist **Married?** Nope **\Children/Ages?** Nope. **Hobbies & Interests:** writing, theatre, gay choral movement **Best Memory of High School:** poetry slams freshman year **Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School:** Singing at Carnegie Hall **Something Special To Brag about\_:** See above 🙂 In the past (six years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: Life is Beautiful Literature: The Tipping Point Television: The Amazing Race Music: Avenue Q and Wicked 🙂 Sports: Gymnastics Cultural Events: The 9/11 memorials in Union Square, NYC. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/5 "2004-08-05T18:59:40Z")
I’ve been out of school for 26 years (omigod!) **Occupation:** Radio announcer & producer **Married?** Yes **Children/Ages?** None **Hobbies & Interests:** Collecting records (still), restoring them on the computer, also transferring old video to DVD; new audio and broadcasting technology **Best Memory of High School:** The day I walked out, never to return. **Best Thing To Happen To You Since High School:** Meeting my wife and moving to Florida. \*\*In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies:\*\* Went in one eye and out the other. **Literature:** I read technical manuals and books on music. **Television:** I haven’t seen more than a handful of prime time shows since 1975. I went without a TV for nearly 20 years. **Music:** I haven’t heard a single song I liked enough to buy since 1987. **Sports:** Sports is something other people do. **Cultural Events:** Tearing down the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Russia must be near the top. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/6 "2004-08-05T19:03:54Z")
Occupation: Environmental Scientist Married? Yep - 10 years \Children/Ages? Hell, no. Hobbies & Interests: Sleeping… and have you heard of the SDMB? Best Memory of High School: Yearbook Staff - closing up the office airtight and working with all the lovely smelly chemicals. MMmmmmmm Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School: Did I mention DeHusband? Something Special To Brag about\_: I can retire with full bennies in 10 years. In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: Ring trilogy Literature: The Lovely Bones Television: The Amazing Race Music: I’m loving Yo Yo Ma. Sports: You’re kidding, right? Cultural Events: The only culture in Montgomery is in a petri dish. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/7 "2004-08-05T20:01:55Z")
OCCUPATION: I’m a secretary for a living/writer because I can’t live without writing MARRIED: Yes, since 1990. CHILDREN/AGES: None, despite my best efforts. 😃 HOBBIES/INTERESTS: writing, movies, music, running BEST MEMORY OF HIGH SCHOOL: Walking out of the door for the final time. BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU SINCE HIGH SCHOOL: Meeting and marrying my husband; completing my first novel; making a major difference in the lives of some families struggling with infertility. SOMETHING SPECIAL TO BRAG ABOUT: 23 years after leaving high school, I am graduating from college, cum laude, on August 14th. I received a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship and an Outstanding Transfer Student scholarship that paid for my education. It’s been a long, hard slog, and I feel great that I did it! In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: I’m a total movie whore, so it’s hard to limit my choice. Would include the Lord of the Rings trilogy, _Schindler’s List, The Last Emperor_. My significantly younger self loved _Reds_, but I don’t know if I’d still love it now. Literature: The _His Dark Materials_ trilogy by Philip Pullman Television: Alias, CSI (the first two seasons), Without a Trace, Buffy TVS Music: Too much good music to single a few out. I love REM, Barenaked Ladies, Harry Connick Jr., Avril Lavigne, No Doubt . . . Sports: ?? Cultural Events: The Berlin Wall immediately comes to mind, as does the dissolution of the USSR. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/8 "2004-08-06T02:06:22Z")
Occupation: Chief Information Officer Married? Widowed young, remarried Children/Ages? two - 8 and 3 Hobbies & Interests: Genealogy, Travel Best Memory of High School: not having died or killed anyone else while bootlegging in Kentucky Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School: kids Something Special To Brag about\_: The Editor in Chief of the Canberra Times is a newly-found cousin of mine In the past (twenty-eight years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: LOTR, _Allegro non Troppo_ Literature: English Passengers by Matthew Kneale Television: none Music: _Discipline_ by King Crimson Sports: Watching the Broncos finally win two super bowls Cultural Events: the last Zappa tour ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/9 "2004-08-06T02:30:58Z")
Graduated high school in 1998 Occupation: Pharmaceutical research chemist Married? No, but living in a common-law situation. Waiting on the ring 😛 Children/Ages? Does the cat count? Hobbies & Interests: Listening to music, reading, Internet and email, talking on the phone with friends, horseback riding, hanging out (actually, these haven’t really changed since high school!) Best Memory of High School: Hallway bunny hop and hanging out in Orange Corner Best Thing To Happen To You Since High School: Falling in love with the best man on earth In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: The Lion King Literature: Le Petit Prince - though thats older, I only first read it 10 years ago!) Television: Scrubs, CSI, The Littlest Hobo! Music: Too many to list. Right now I’m on a rock’n’roll kick - Kiss, AC/DC, Stones, that stuff. Sports: Don’t really have an opinion on this! Cultural Events: I can’t rate world events, but personally, the three years I spent in Germany are probably the most important “event”. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/10 "2004-08-06T03:29:44Z")
Sorry, I can’t help it: a youngster’s take (three months out of high school): \*\* Occupation:\*\* Still a student, but a different kind. **Married?** Not quite yet. **Children/Ages?** Nope. **Hobbies & Interests:** Literature, music (listening, not playing or composing), inline hockey, Internet, ice cream of all kinds. **Best Memory of High School:** A mission trip last Christmas to Saltillo, Mexico, with some of my best friends from school. **Best Thing To Happen To You Since High School:** Not much has happened, really. I’ll get back to you on that one. \*\*In the past (three months) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies:\*\* _Spider-Man 2_ **Literature:** _The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay_ (well, I _read_ it less than three months ago!) **Television:** Iron Chef, Good Eats **Music:** I don’t really know what has come out recently. **Sports:** How about…Ken Jennings and his over-a-million-and-still-going-strong Jeopardy! streak? Brain exercise, at least. **Cultural Events:** Given the vast number of social revolutions that have taken place in the past quarter-year, I’m going to have to say…I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/11 "2004-08-06T04:07:54Z")
**Occupation:** student/extra/work in a nursery **Married?** no **Children/Ages?** no **Hobbies & Interests:** movies, weight training, biking, golfing, various other sports, reading. **Best Memory of High School:** leaving it. I’m not trying to be funny or clever, it was not a happy time. **Best Thing To Happen To You Since High School:** Figuring out what I want to do with my life (albeit a little later than most) **Something Special To Brag about:** Sorry, I’ve got nothing. **In the past (eight years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories:** **Movies:** High Fidelity, Igby Goes Down, Love Actually, LOTR Trilogy **Literature:** Hey Nostradamus! **Television:** Scrubs, Joan of Acrada, Seinfeld **Music:** Chantal Kreviazuk **Sports:** The Great One retiring **Cultural Events:** The Dalai Lama coming to Toronto ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/12 "2004-08-06T04:55:07Z")
Occupation: Disabled/Retired Married? Three fooking times! Children/Ages? Girl, 34; boy 11 Hobbies & Interests: harley-davidson, canoeing, diving, Cuervo shot-glasses Best Memory of High School: Leaving. Best Thing To Happen To You Since High School: Buying my home. Something Special To Brag About: Psychic powers kept me alive! In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: Blade Runner Literature: Shakespeare, all. Television: What’s that? Music: Andreas Vollenweider Sports: Fencing, martial arts Cultural Events: Rolling Thunder Now, are you going to concatenate this??? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/13 "2004-08-06T05:45:25Z")
Not a goddamned thing. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/14 "2004-08-06T07:23:22Z")
Graduated 1985. Occupation: Technical writer for a biomedical research network Married? Yes Children/Ages? None Hobbies & Interests: Movies, jazz, Nabokov, shapenote singing Best Memory of High School: Various music-geek memories: great marching band shows, band trip to Disney/Epcot (hi Lois!), a few good dances, learning to play jazz. Also hanging out with my buddy Rich. Yes, I realize I’ve referenced both “Hi & Lois” and “Buddy Rich.” Didn’t really mean to, though. Best Thing To Happen To You Since High School: (1) Meeting **shE. Thorp** ; (2) My year in Paris Something Special To Brag about: I still get along with my parents In the past ( **nineteen** years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Maybe not the best, but my favorites: Movies: **Metropolitan** (1990) Literature: **The Beginning of Spring** (1988) Television: **Star Trek: The Next Generation** (1987-94) Music: The Steve Lacy Trio’s performances at Jazz Alley (1997 and 1998) Sports: The Reds sweep the A’s (1990) Cultural Events: Bush defeated (1992). Hoping for a rerun on this one. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/15 "2004-08-06T08:15:02Z")
I am amazed at what is being listed as _cultural events_, so I found the following list of types and categories of cultural events. **Event Types** Crafts Dance Design/Architecture Digital Arts Film/Media Arts Folk/Traditional Arts Historical Humanities Literature Music Musical Theatre Opera Performance Art Photography Sports and Recreation Theatre Tours Visual Arts **Event Category** Performances/Exhibitions Festivals/Fairs/Parades Education Programs/Arts Education Programs Fund Raisers Workshops/Seminars/Lectures Tearing down the Berlin Wall was historical, but I doubt if any of the posters were present. The result of an election is not a cultural event and a rally to get rid of Bush is a real stretch (although it probably made the poster feel good to list it.) Even my answer: The Eagles “When Hell Freezes Over” concert (which I attended) makes me cringe as would my second choice: Fireworks at Niagra Falls on New Years Eve 2000 (at which I was also in attendance.) I mean hasn’t anyone here got any class? 😕 Also what is this 19 year time limit all about? If I can list something I watched on TV then I would list Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon or watching (on live TV) Jack Ruby being shot. I also stood on a sidewalk in Washington, DC as JFK’s casket passed by followed by the riderless horse. Those all happened since I graduated from high school. Oh, and I also watched the Ed Sullivan show when the Beatles made their American debut. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/16 "2004-08-06T09:51:10Z")
Regarding **kniz** ’ recategorization of cultural events, please strike from the record that I thought the tearing down of the Berlin Wall was the most important of what I mistakenly categorized as a cultural event, of the last 20 years. Pardon me for not having any class. Does the time I smoked a joint with Rick Derringer count? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/17 "2004-08-06T14:14:34Z")
I was going to answer this but I realized I didn’t have answers or opinions for about half of it, so I just got depressed instead. Might explain why I didn’t go to my 20th… ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/18 "2004-08-06T14:27:56Z")
Occupation: **Mommy and Wife** Married? **Yep** Children/Ages? **Two kids - Daughter is 3 years and Son will be 1 in October** Hobbies & Interests: **Playing with the kidlets, Painting, Monopoly, Scrapbooking, Reading, Cake decorating** Best Memory of High School: **Graduation** Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School: **Getting married and having kids** Something Special To Brag About: **Doctors are not always right. I have a really cool Monopoly collection!** In the past (twenty years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: **I couldn’t really quantify a ‘best’ so here are some of my thoughts.** Movies: **I’m stuck in toddler hell. All we seem to watch is Harry Potter and LOTR over and over and over and over…** Literature: **What I read could hardly be considered literature 🙂** Television: **Sitcoms suck** Music: **I’m surprised by the number of groups from the 80’s that are making a comeback** Sports: **They get paid way too much money to play games** Cultural Events: **I have no class - sorry 🙂** ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/19 "2004-08-06T16:31:58Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > I am amazed at what is being listed as _cultural events_, so I found the following list of types and categories of cultural events. I was wondering who got to decide what culture is. Thank God you found a list. (Cite?) > [@kniz](#): > > Also what is this 19 year time limit all about? … Those all happened since I graduated from high school. Uh, and it’s been 19 years since **I** graduated from high school. Your point being? ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488/20 "2004-08-06T16:58:25Z")
Occupation: **Systems Trainer, Big Blue** Married? **Yes** Children/Ages? **One - Daughter is 2 months** Hobbies & Interests: **Writing, Hiking, Pretending to Live Up to My Potential 🙂** Best Memory of High School: **My class being solely responsible for the repealment of the “early graduation if you have enough credits” offer.** Best Thing To Happen To YOu Since High School: **Met a great woman, had a great baby, and got a great job.** Something Special To Brag About: **I know more about movies than you do.** In the past (12 years) give your opinion of the best in the following catagories: Movies: **Fight Club, which I had to be forced to watch. Pulp Fiction. To a lesser extent, Go.** Literature: **Anything by Chuck Palahniuk. Most of what I read is before 1993, so nothing else seems to qualify.** Television: **Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Survivor.** Music: **Vertical Horizon** Sports: **The 1996 St. Louis Cardinals. The 2001 St. Louis Blues. The 2001 World Series win by Diamondbacks. Every time the Yankees have lost a game. All of these are great moments in my life.** Cultural Events: **That time I farted at the museum and they evacuated an entire wing because they thought it was a gas leak. Ohhh, it was. It _was_.** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-has-happened-since-high-school/258488.md?page=2)