OP here. It was a private school which I guess makes it worse-not as many people to remember? I just feel rude when I look at the person as though I have no idea who they are and have actually had to say "how did I know you in highschool." Maybe I should say I had a head injury and have amnesia or something. Any time over the years I have run into people from elementary or college I ALWAYS remember them and can chat up a storm. Sure I hated highschool, but it's not line anything horribly traumatic happened where I should just lose the memories. Glad I'm not the only one.

I remember everyone, but there were approx 30 in my graduating class and 20-25 of them had been with my since 1st grade. We are also mostly FB friends now, although I am not really in contact with any of them other than FB.

Funny enough, my DH went to college witome of the guys and keeps contact with at least 1-2 for professional reasons now. The guy asked DH if I remembered him, which I thought was weird bc he was more popular than me and its far more likely that he neveroticed me than I not notice him.

I remember a lot about mostly everyone I was remotely friendly with, which is a decent percentage b/c it was small for a public school, about 130 kids per graduating class. I wouldn't say I peaked in high school, but I would say it was a very "heightened" time. People tend to remember things that are connected with strong emotions. You'll never forget the day your grandma died, when your husband proposed, etc. Well for me, my teenage years were very emotional. WHen things were good with my friends, they were the BEST FRIENDS EVER ANY GIRL COULD EVER HAVE OMG BFFTDUPLYLAS etc etc. The funny things that happened were funny enough to laugh for days. When things were not good with my friends (b/c this was high school after all), it was the end of the world. It literally felt like there was no reason to live. I remember so many specific things that happened wiht my high school boyfriend, because my feelings for him were just so intense. We would never have been compatible long-term, but all of my relationships thereafter, including wiht my DH, were mature, healthy, and totally different from that.

I think this is pretty normal and has to do with teenage hormones and developmental stuff. I was also going thorugh a lot of family drama at that time. But yeah, I remember a lot.

Yes. I've always been great with names and faces. I rarely forget anyone.

I remember most, would recognize some of them if I saw them on the street.

Anonymous wrote:I remember everyone except for the kids who were bused to sped programs.

Just couldn't pass up an opportunity to throw sped into the conversation? FWIW, it is bussed, not bused. Perhaps you could benefit from remedial ed.

Graduated 30 years ago in class of nearly 500. I remember many classmates - FB helps but even w/o I would still remember many classmates. I largely hung in a few of the subcliques of the most popular clique. I was in top academic classes, however, so I knew and was friendly with a lot of the "freaks and geeks" and slowly gravitated in that direction over my high school years.

Yes, for some folks HS was the apex of their lives. I don't begrudge folks who are excited to see a HS classmate - I would rather experience a smile than a snub.

Yes, I remember and would recognize most of them as well as the people from at least the two classes ahead of me and the one behind me. I'm in my mid 30s. My class had 192 kids in it. I grew up in a small, close-knit community and graduated with kids who were in daycare with me. People rarely moved in or out of my town, we only had one middle school, so that was 13 years of school together, minimum. I was also student council president, so knew pretty much everyone through that.

I'm assuming you went to a public h.s. OP? If you went to a private, chances are you'd remember nearly everyone because privates have much smaller classes. I just went to my 40th h.s. reunion of a Catholic girls school. And, yes, I remembered everyone...140 kids in the grade.

Anonymous wrote:aw, come on! No one has pointed out that it's "posse," not "possy."

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posse

It's a strange day on DCUM when I'm the most obnoxious one in the thread.

I had a phone call that pulled me away from DCUM, otherwise I would have beaten you to it.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but I have to thank fb for that.

This. The ones I don't see on FB I may have a tough time recalling.

Graduating class over 400. Still keep in touch and see close friends from that time. I'm Facebook friends with some others, but honestly, I'm not sure I'd remember half of them and they came up to say hello; my memory isn't the best anyway.

aw, come on! No one has pointed out that it's "posse," not "possy."

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posse

It's a strange day on DCUM when I'm the most obnoxious one in the thread.

Yes. But I enjoyed high school much more than I enjoyed college. Don't remember many college classmates.

I remember everyone except for the kids who were bused to sped programs.