Andrew Hagen:
CLASS OF 1989
Galesburg High SchoolClass of 1989
Galesburg, IL
Western Illinois UniversityClass of 1994
Macomb, IL
Andrew's Story
School
I was REALLY glad to graduate. end of story. I have only one regret from school is that once I hurt Nicole Bican's feelings once and it's always bothered me. I'm very sorry I did it. It was a reaction formation to me having a crush on her. I had weird class experience where I intercepted a note she was passing. Some guy was egging me on that I should tell her I'd trade it back to her if she went to some dance with me. I remembered thinking I wanted nothing more but I knew he was heckling me because I was fat and smart enough to make him look like a toadstool. So I looked him in the eye and said no way, she's...Expand for more
a dog. The truth couldn't have been farther away, I had a HUGE crush on her. So he tells her and Nichole starts crying. She asks me why I said that. I don't remember if I said anything. I just felt sick because I was socially graceless at that time in my life and was terrified to apologize. I hated feeling trapped because I was fat and felt like an outcast. I felt like high school was 3 1/2 years of hell. But that was one day I hurt someone instead of always being the one whom was hurt. It wasn't a good thing I did. So this is my public mea culpa, I'm sorry, Nicole. I could care less about most of the rest of you.
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