I dare you! Think back to your high-school years ...

Now, once you have done that, imagine inserting a smartphone into all that drama

Hey! Old people!

I want to start this weekend thinker with a few questions and I would really like to hear some answers from readers in the comments section. By the way, I am writing this post while on the road — to my wife’s high-school reunion (as in 50 years).

Is there any experience (click here for a relevant Roger Ebert meditation) that stirs up more memories than walking through the halls, decades later, of your old high school? It’s like: Oh, look, that’s the corner where I hide when my world ended and all hope was lost. As it turned out, that wasn’t the truth. It just seemed that way.

Now for some practical, Rational Sheep-related questions related to those kinds of memories.

Question No. 1: When you were in high school, what did you do during lunch and your break times?

I’ll go first. I basically did three things. First and foremost, especially during lunch, I talked with friends. I can close my eyes and picture the faces gathered around that table day after day. The irony, of course, is that — half a century later — I can reach them via social media (think old timers and Facebook).

I also (#triggerwarning) did lots of voluntary and mandatory reading. I remember lots of strategic quick meetings with teachers and students with whom I was involved in projects of various kinds, ranging from events linked to choral music to students planning the occasional prank that would not lead to discipline of any kind.