My High School Reunion

By Wm. G. Thilgen Jr. (Billl)

A class reunion is a meeting of former classmates, typically organized at or near their former school by one of the class on or around an anniversary of their graduation. Former teachers may be invited as well. They reminisce about their school days and bring each other up to date on what has happened to each of them since they went their separate ways.

In film and literature, especially comedy, crime novels, thrillers and psychological suspense novels, class reunions have been a frequent device used to show the eruption of emotions such as shame, hatred or guilt within individual characters who, suddenly faced again with their own youth, become aware of the fact that they have been unable to cope with their past. In many cases, those who used to be bullied, humiliated or in any other way mistreated by their teachers and/or classmates believe that now their chance has come to take revenge on their former torturers. Often in fiction, participants nostalgically reminisce about their old school days, fondly remember their school pranks. Alumni are quite often concerned about how their lives have turned out when compared with the lives of their former classmates, and will sometimes feel pressured enough to go to great lengths to concoct stories about their fruitful careers, personal accomplishments and relationships with others.

Another staple of this kind of fiction is former classmates taking up with their old flame again, either because they have changed to their advantage and developed into an admirable adult or precisely for the opposite reason—because they have not changed at all in a fleeting world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wm. G. Thilgen Jr. (Billl)
• Release date: Apr 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476109794

Wm. G. Thilgen Jr. (Billl)

William Guy Thilgen Jr. (Bill) is a 73+ year young retired former native of St. Paul (East Side), Minnesota commonly known as the Twin Cities. Now living in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He is the middle child of seven, with three older half-sisters, two younger brothers and a baby sister.Prior to his retirement, Bill followed his grandfather's footsteps as a professional truck driver. A career that allowed him to see parts of the country, taste various foods and to partake in a variety of adventures whenever he happen across them. During those years he considered himself to be a professional tourist.Bill attributes his imagination and story-telling ability to the fact that, like most children during his youth, he grew up in a large family in a small house with no room to play indoors. Most children of that era grew up playing outdoors. He and his friends would spend hours and hours finding things to do, and on occasion making up their own adventures.As Bill aged he viewed life as series of adventures. It was on one such adventure in the winter of 1994.He met Patte!

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My High School Reunion

by Wm. G. Thilgen Jr. (Billl)

My High School Reunion

by Wm. G. Thilgen Jr. (Billl)

edited by Patte

Copyright © 2012 by Wm. G. Thilgen Jr. (Billl)

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Dedicated

To the class of 1967,

Moose and everyone who knows him.

Foreword

William Guy Thilgen Jr. (Billl) is a 64 year young retired former native of St. Paul, Minnesota U.S.A. commonly known as the Twin Cities. Now living in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. William is the middle child of seven, with three older half- sisters, two younger brothers and a baby sister.

Prior to his retirement, he followed in his grandfather's footsteps as a professional truck driver. A career that allowed him to see parts of the country, taste various foods