Quick: Write down the names of the people you remember from high school. Now cross off all the ones who were in your same year. I'll bet what's left has a lot more kids that were older than you than younger than you.
This makes sense. If you were on a JV sports team, you probably knew the names of a lot of the guys on varsity. If you made varsity, you probably paid little attention to the guys on JV.
This leads to an interesting assymmetry when you run into people later. They might remember you, but you don't remember them, or vice-versa.
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