Top Reasons to Reconnect with Old School Friends
There are so many reasons you should get back in touch with your old school mates. Let’s face it, for many of us the school years were the best years of our lives, we had our whole lives ahead of us and we had things relatively easy – meals provided, no bills to pay and lots of time to spe...
Tips for Organising a School Reunion
The chances are if you’re reading this then you are one of life’s planners. Everyone is chatting on Facebook about planning a school reunion or how to plan a class reunion and yet perhaps you are all still waiting, months or even years down the line for someone to grab the bull by the horn...
Finding Old School Class Photos
This article could easily be written in two completely distinct ways and make sense only to specific generations. If, like me you are in your late thirties, early forties or older then you will have left schools before mobile phones became prevalent and social media ubiquitous.
There is,...
Six Degrees of Separation and the Kevin Bacon Factor!
Chances are you’ve probably heard of the idea of ‘six degrees of separation’, which posits that a given person is only ever six people away from knowing or being connected with another person in some way. And, I’m pretty certain, unless you’ve been living in a sensory deprivation chamber t...
The Oldest Friendships are the Best
I grew up in the 1980s, without social media and all that surrounds it, I mean I didn’t even have a mobile phone. When I wanted to meet up with my friends a certain amount of planning was needed. Where to meet, at what time, what to do if one of us couldn’t make it? All of these conundrums...
The Origin and Modern Day Reality of the Prom
Research shows that 3.5% of Americans lose their virginity on prom night. Ironic since the origin of the prom, which is short for promenade, was that it represented the formal introduction of guests at a party.
This led on to its adoption at colleges and universities with the idea of prom...