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Old 11-17-2008, 11:21 AM
 
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I went to Roosevelt Class of 72. Great school back then. Grew up in the Tower Grove Heights area. Wonderful neighborhood. Safe as safe could be. We spent hours upon hours in Tower Grove Park and never had a single problem.

We stopped at Kingsway (Grand & Arsenal) every morning before school and Tilmans (other corner) after.

Roosevelt holds many sweet memories for me. The memory of coming down those big steps and seeing Greg Coletta waiting for me still makes me weak in the knees. Oh, he was dreamy.
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Old 11-17-2008, 02:22 PM
 
Location: San Marcos, CA
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Ste. Genevieve Senior High School, Ste. Genevieve, MO.
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Old 11-26-2008, 03:37 PM
 
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I don't really ask the question to delve into people's personal lives and find out their socio-economic status, I ask it to see if we have some mutual friends. Its really easy to have a conversation with practically anybody in St. Louis, because if you know somebody from the other person's school you can just go off of that. I'm in a sorority at my college in Tennessee and one of my sisters said she knew a guy from St. Louis, it ended up that he was best friends with my best friend's ex. Thats just one of the ways that all of the different high schools make us connected and I think it's really cool.
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Old 11-26-2008, 11:02 PM
 
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Lindbergh High School, St. Louis - 1984

I was born and raised in St Louis and still do not live far from it. I know in conversations with the "where did you go to high school?' question - it was usually followed up with "oh, do you know so and so". I always have thought it was an easy way for people to start conversations. Quite often that question leads to a person that you each know.
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Old 11-28-2008, 02:17 PM
 
Location: rural North Carolina
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I just ran into an ex-St. Louisan in rural North Carolina. One of the first questions she asked was where I went to high school. St. Louis has always been a big city with a small town feel to it - and the question which seems to be unique to those from the city may exemplifies that feeling.

Anyone who takes offense at the question really needs to chill out.

Last edited by jskirwin; 11-28-2008 at 02:18 PM.. Reason: Grammar...Sister Paul Marie taught me better than this...
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Old 12-01-2008, 06:51 AM
 
Location: ROTTWEILER & LAB LAND (HEAVEN)
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Asking what high school you went to, has always been a dumb question, but people ask it & people answer it, in St. Louis. LOL!!!
I graduated from Parkway North.
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Old 12-02-2008, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Eastern Missouri
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Pacific, 1981, somehow!
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Old 12-03-2008, 12:06 PM
 
Location: Shaw, St. Louis/West Ridge, Chicago/WuDaoKou, Beijing
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damn i feel young...
Ladue class of 04'
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Old 12-03-2008, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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OHHHHH You're from Ladue. that makes your dislike of St. Louis make so much more sense.

I bet you are back in St. Louis within 10 years ... wanna bet?
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Old 12-03-2008, 05:14 PM
 
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That was the question that I HATED the MOST in the eight years I lived in St. Louis because it generally set the tone for the rest of the evening.

If I answered, "I was raised in Cincinnati", I could pretty much be left alone for the rest of the evening. (YAWN!)

If I would avoid the question, people would ignore me and I would come across as a pompous ass.

If I would say Chaminade High School (as my high school was affiliated with that school), people would then open up and be friendly to a point.

What I was wondering is this. Is this a Catholic thing in St. Louis or is it pretty much across the board. When I hung out with non-Catholics in St. Louis, the entire topic rarely came up. In Catholic groups, the SLUH, CBC, and various other groups would segregate based on school attendance.
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