Back in 1998, I remember marveling at high school students choosing to text one another rather than make phone calls, updating their friends with their "status" and even taking pictures with their mobile phones.

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Now I remember congregating with my high school buddies as a junior and senior watching Tyson fights on HBO in the late eighties.

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Ms. COLLINS: And I think I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember that summer I was in the chorus of the "South Pacific" and singing along with the people who were singing the major, major solos.

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"I can remember sitting there doing high school football games on a Friday night and using three-paragraph formulas, " Smith said.

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Ms. REEVES: I remember one time we had a talent show in junior high school, which is during the time that I decided I wanted to sing, and there were a lot of things going on in school at that time 'cause we were the first students to be bused in Denver, Colorado.

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These were the people who were acing advanced placement courses in high school while I was struggling to remember my locker combination.

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Over ten years ago, I vividly remember making a snide comment to a friend in high school during a marching band trip.

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