“My high school freshmen English teacher had us write a letter to ourselves, and he would mail it ten years later. That was ten years ago. Can't wait to read what I wrote. He was my favorite teacher.”
August 16 at 9:41 am
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what an incredible idea - Nathan Rein
I was in 1st grade during the Bicentennial in 1976 and we made a time capsule. We opened it when we all graduated from high school, added more to it and sealed it up again, to be opened by our kids/grandkids in 2076. - Trish R
What happened if you changed your address..10 yrs is like a long time ? - Peter Dawson
With Facebook and other tools its not hard to find people and atleast get in touch with them :) - Bartek Ciszkowski
that is such an awesome idea and it's great that a teacher would think that creatively. It shows his passion for what he does. - Thomas Hawk
Hao, we did this too! We were told to write about what we wanted out of life and our greatest fear. - Anna Haro
Thomas said it. This is a great idea! - Granteezy
I think I'll do this right now. - possible248
We're doing something kind of like it. We're writing letters to be be read again at the end of the year in English this year. Not quite as exciting. - Jake (aka Jawee)
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@Anna, did you get to achieve any of your childhood dreams, overcome your greatest fear? - Hao Chen
@possible248 I like the way you think. :) - Hao Chen
@Hao--I'm doing both those things right now...it's an interesting time! :O & :D - Anna Haro
that's pretty cool. - ChangeForge | Ken Stewart
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This is why I keep a hand-written journal. :-) And I actually do go back and re-read them. Used to be every year, but now it's more novel-length. - Lisa L. Seifert
wonderful idea! Do you think you will have the same email in ten years ? Then it would be a lot easier! - JegerPhil - Phil
http://www.lettermelater.com/ this would be useful :) - JegerPhil - Phil
we're doing something like that here on FF, and with our blogs (if you have one)... the main reason i blog is to see how my own thinking evolves over time. sounds like a really cool English teacher, btw! - .LAG
I found a letter I wrote to my parents in the early 70's. I have not read it yet. - Russellreno
jeez... i think I'd be a little afraid to read it - Nathan Rein
I've looked up old Usenet posts that I wrote in the early 1980s. In fact, I'll be using one in a presentation that I'll be giving later this week. While the presentation focuses on law enforcement use of the Internet and other technologies, I threw a few general slides in there. The first shows the header for a Usenet post I wrote in 1982 about the then-new "Call of the West" album. The second shows the current Wall of Voodoo MySpace page. Just goes to show there is nothing new under the sun. - Ontario Emperor
in 1982 i was posting on local BBS's with a Vic-20 - Nathan Rein
