There are many reasons to have a reunion.
With the powerful social networking tools available today, it can be tempting to forget about class reunions. However, despite these powerful new technologies and their abilities to bring people together, there is still something to be said for the traditional class reunion. Reunions represent an opportunity to see people you likely have not seen in some time, and they are a great opportunity to have some fun.
Seeing Old Friends
A class reunion is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with old friends and acquaintances. As the years go by, it is very easy to lose touch with people you knew and for whom you cared. Even in today's age of instant messengers and social networking websites, life can get in your way. Having a class reunion can galvanize people. Rather than attempting an informal get-together at a bar or restaurant, a reunion provides a set date and time around which people can schedule in order to attend. It gives you and your classmates a legitimate excuse to meet.
Reconnecting With Instructors
Depending on how the reunion is to be structured, you may also have the opportunity to reconnect with your old instructors. Such a meeting can mean a great deal, both to the former student and the former teacher. Perhaps there is one specific lesson or thing that you learned from a teacher, and you've never had the opportunity to tell them just how much it helped you. The teacher also benefits from such an exchange as it shows that their teaching meant something to their students.
Showing Your Family Your Roots
Class reunions provide people with the opportunity to show their family where they came from. People often recount stories of their days as a student to the ones they love. These stories often involve people whom the listeners may have never met and locations they have never seen. Depending on the type of reunion, former students may be able to bring their families with them to meet all of the people and possibly see all of the places of which they have heard. A class reunion allows other to put faces and images to names and places.
Discovering Life's Paths
Simple curiosity may be the most powerful reason to attend or organize a class reunion. At a reunion you get to meet people whom you may not have seen for many years. During these meetings you can find out exactly where life has taken them. Maybe you are curious about who married whom or whether the class president made it as far into politics as she said she wanted to. It also gives you an opportunity to show others just where life has taken you. Reunions fill in the blanks about the lives of your classmates.
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