Starting on a new school...

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I've just started on a new school this Monday. I've not moved just continued my education.

The thing is that I don't know anyone from my class, while they seem to know each other. it's sucky.

Anyone else experienced this?

 

Yeah, I know how you feel.

When I started Grammar school, all the girls seemed to know each other, yet the only person I knew was my friend from my last school. She has now moved away

but I had mised the very first day and came back on the second, because I had an apointment at the hospital. So when I cam into school on crutches they presumed I'd broken my leg

but after a while you sorta get absorbed into the group.

One of the teachers thinks I'm popular
I dunno what she was smoking when she wrote the reports

 

Over the course of 10+ years, I've been in five different schools.

You should be fine - I figure from your profile that you will be going into the Junior year of High School. I think all you have to do is not be shy, don't be a jerk, and get to know people. And, of course, make friends with the right people, something I learned the hard way.

And of course, if you get labeled as the anti-social schizoid, we're always here for you on SP.

(Because we're all anti-social schizoids here )

 

lol, no comment.

hmm, in ten years I've been in four schools, in one school I started at the begginning of Year 5 (ages 9/10 ... I think.) because we'd moved house, and it was a rough school... left within three months. after that I went to a school all my friends had gone to, because we'd moved back to where we used to live, and joined halfway through the year, I didn't fit in and I didn't think people liked me, but now I've left I see them and they are always glad to see me, funny how people think.

I think if you don't know anyone, it's easier. It's all: Oh they are new, they'll need friends, other than: Oh they're new, but they no <insert-random-name> so that's okay.

 

I've been to three different schools in my life. The first change was simple, I was young then so, yeah.
But the last change was when I left primary school and started college. All my friends, and... well everyone I knew, went to another college than I went to. Everyone else there seemed to know each other, but after a month I had made some really good friends, who I'm still great friends with now.

(Note: College is not the American sort of college!)

 

I've been to 4 different schools so far in my 16 years of life. Its not all that bad. It can actually be fun in a strange way once you get to know people. The Best of luck!

 

That always happens when you start a new place. What to do is just try and speak to people, if you are shy and don't talk they will think you don't want to know them

 

Urgh, I remember the feeling. Ended up have to hang out with an utter ****wit to escape the boredom, until I made some real friends at any rate

 

The best advice I can give is to just try and talk to everyone, if you're a geek like I am then most people will immediatley hate your guts so you need to know as many of them as possible and eventually you will meet other geeks.

 

heh. Yeah, I had this feeling when I moved to the grammar school as well.

At my secpndary school, my Mum managed to find the phone number of another firl my age who was going to the same school, and we met up a couple of times before the term started, and thus, we knew each other really well before school started, and she became my best dfriend until I left for the grammar school.

At my old school, there were only 5 girls in my year, and of the one that came with me to the grammar school, she was the one I hated most. One of those obnoxious people whos ideals really gets on my nerves. Trust me, you couldn't have it as bad as I had my first year at school.
I missed my old school. With ferver, I was a loner, the person I'd known from my old school didn't want to hang around with me, She'd got her own friends already. I didn't make the effort to talk to people. I kept to myself. I had to go to meetings with the head of year every week or so, which I didn't tell anyone about. I doubt if even 8people knew that.

I missed a couple fo days at the beginning of term due to doctors appointments, during this time, my juvenile arthritis was in full bloom. I *hated* school.

In fact, it was like that for practically the whole first year of my school. Hmm, things began to brighten once I started talking to people who always seemed concerned with my well being, eg, when I had a breakdown in classes.

A girl called Rosie, (8peoples friend from her old school) used to hang around with me a lot, it turned out we caught the same coach home as well, so we became really good friends, Rosie was popular with loads of other people, so by knowing her, I suddenly gained a bucket load of new friends, including 8people,

*end rant*

My advice?

Get involved, getting involved in things, will allow you meet people who like and enjoy the same things as you, talk to people, the first year of a new school is important, it can allow you to forge friendships that will last up and through your school years.

 

Hehe, one wrote that I was a very systematic and attention-paying student

Hell, I did pay lots of attention: to school's females, cantine, PC rooms, parties and neighbouring alcohol shops. I was quite systematic there too

As for friends... friends make themselves if you're a good, kind and polite person (in general ) and treat every person as a friend until proven otherwise.

 

Thank you all for the support. I've just started talking to some guys(and girls in fact ) in my class today. They're actually quite nice people.

I also talked to a guy who is in the same situation as me, it's nice to talk a little about nothing, just to get to know each other. And one of the girls is actually the most caring persons I've met in my not-so-long 16 year life. She's nice to everyone she meets. It's not so many of those actually.

LOL, it's nice to have an "other" life, like the one on SP. You can talk about just everything here, and not get all over...

 

Don't do that too often and too much! Or you will stay together in the same situation. Chat up with the other people more frequently or you and the other chap will be 'the 2 new guys who stick together'.

But I doubt you'd do that...

 

I remember my first day as a 9th grader, entering High School. I was totally calm on the bus going to school, but as soon as I saw the school, my stomach sank, and I felt sick.

I was lucky that I knew several people in a few of my classes, and soon, I knew a lot of people in my other classes.