Research and Current Practice
50 years
I spent most of last week over in the town from which I graduated high school. It was the first reunion I've attended, so I hadn't had contact with these old classmates for fifty years. I'd not realized that I had gone to high school with so many old pharts. lol
I did pretty well, for the most part. I made sure to control my time in the hospitality suite, where everybody was gathering for chatting. I spent most of the final dinner and presentations behind my camera (which surprised no one.) The BBQ gathering was better, because I could wander off to "look at the view" on occassion, without insulting anybody.
I did learn more about how people saw me as a high schooler. "Loner" was the most often mentioned. "Focused on tasks, to the exclusion of all else" was a popular saying about me. One description of me I particularly enjoyed was, "corrector of teachers." That tickled my funny bone.
Once again I observed that many more people described me as their friend, although I did not feel that friendship when in school. That tends to confirm my opinion that we often have friends, but don't recognise this because of our difficulties with "reading people." I don't "connect" with very many people, but, it appears, more people "connect" with me. Hmmmm I'm going to have to cogitate on that.
I returned from 5 days of mixing and mingling totally exhausted, but happy I went.
Pops
I did pretty well, for the most part. I made sure to control my time in the hospitality suite, where everybody was gathering for chatting. I spent most of the final dinner and presentations behind my camera (which surprised no one.) The BBQ gathering was better, because I could wander off to "look at the view" on occassion, without insulting anybody.
I did learn more about how people saw me as a high schooler. "Loner" was the most often mentioned. "Focused on tasks, to the exclusion of all else" was a popular saying about me. One description of me I particularly enjoyed was, "corrector of teachers." That tickled my funny bone.
Once again I observed that many more people described me as their friend, although I did not feel that friendship when in school. That tends to confirm my opinion that we often have friends, but don't recognise this because of our difficulties with "reading people." I don't "connect" with very many people, but, it appears, more people "connect" with me. Hmmmm I'm going to have to cogitate on that.
I returned from 5 days of mixing and mingling totally exhausted, but happy I went.
Pops
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