[POLARBEAR]

Hey everyone! So this will be my first year in high school and I skipped basically 2 years of high school and now considered a junior. I'm so excited and nervous all at the same time, but...all of my friends are freshmans and I just feel left out. No, really, how do you survive high school when you're a junior but it's your first year?

I'm in dire need of help! ( ; n ; )

Also, tell me about your experiences and your preferences about high school and if you did sports and all of that good stuff.

[LAZARUS]

Don't feel left out, most classes are multi-grade, only your core classes will be your grade only ( likely math, english, etc. ) if you can select your classes with your peers you can join them in gym, art, and other academics. Typically lunch time as well is multi grade so nothing is stopping you from sitting with them. Though for your first year, its just learning how your school functions. Odds are you will make friends and fit right in. Sports also very with grade, so if your friends are in them, join them and enjoy yourself. They may take up your free time, and keep you busy but you'll be with friends and company all the time. You will survive, I promise.

[Gungnir]

Just because you're younger than your peers doesn't mean anything. Yeah, I know, it's tough and awkward, I got that same exact feeling during college (everyone was literally 5-10 years older than me) but if you be yourself and listen to your own mind and kokoro you'll be awesomely fine.

In my personal opinion and experience, high school will be awkward no matter what you do because you're still growing and searching for the answer of, "Who am I". The best you can do is just run with it and be young! Have no regrets! Always be yourself, even if you feel that'll "socially ruin" you or whatever. In the end, it's better to be truthful to yourself.

When I was in high school, I joined some clubs but most were super boring so I quit them all. I don't regret it, though. lolz I joined a computer class that was like, super fun. We would do after school activities, stay after class to edit videos together, do horrible acting, and mainly just mess around. We even went to Universal Studios for our graduation trip and stayed at a super fancy Hilton Hotel. Awwwwwwww yea. In my junior and senior year, I joined these cooking classes and learned the basics of cooking from them. I would later enroll in an art/culinary thanks to them. |D

High school isn't bad but if you ever find yourself in need of help, please please pleaaase seek help. Don't think you're alone because you're not. I'm sure you'll be just fine in your school, though. You have friends to support you and a whole community you can ask for advice. Have fun at school! =u=

[SIFR]

Just remember that grades have nothing to do with who your social group is. You'll see your friends at some point if you all really want to see each other. I remember bumping into people in the most random of places; library, cafeteria, a back stairwell where my group used to hang out, you name it.

And there's nothing wrong with having friends in all sorts of different places.

The good ones, you'll keep past high school.
The ones that are just gonna drift away... meh. You'll find others.

Just stay focused while you're there.

[pascaline]

Sept 3, 2013 13:01:13 GMT -8 POLARBEAR said:

how do you survive high school...

YOU DON'T

...No, but in all seriousness, congrats! You must be one smart cookie to skip grades! High school can be a lot of fun if you let it and find the right people (read as: fun to be around, respect you, and all-around good buddies). And I wouldn't worry about only being friends with freshmen since they are your age so you'll probably get along with them better. I suggest joining clubs and/or sports that interest you, since that's the fastest way to make friends of any age at high school. Also pro tip: be mindful of anyone reading a book you like, or wearing a shirt of a band you like, and comment on it somehow. You can't make friends or acquaintances without putting yourself out there. If you hear a lot of people talk about a show, try to watch it and see if you like it so you have more to talk about.

I went to four different high schools and had to be the new kid making friends each time. It's not quite like your experience, but I can say that no matter what year I was I had friends in different years. It may take the juniors time to warm up to you though, since most of them were probably together freshmen year. If the only friends you have are freshmen and sophomores that's fine though!

Just be happy and be yourself. You'll attract more people to you.

[POLARBEAR]

LAZARUS Gungnir SIFR pascaline

Thank you guys, I feel more reassured that I'll do fine and truth is I have photographic memory so...I'll be able to ace any tests if I just read the materials that will be over the test. Lol, it's weird to think about it.

I'm actually anti-social...at least in real life, on the internet I embrace you people because I really don't know you guys and the fact that we aren't talking face to face. I'm an incredibly shy person and I only have a handful of friends, but then again it's better than none.

I was teased a lot in Korean schools because I'm half American and I tried getting popular by doing modeling stuff. SO I did and got my brother to come along this short lived adventure! We were very young at the time and we got paid 12,000 after every shoot. I can't remember everything I did, but obvs most of the stuff was for clothing...um, my brother did one for Samsung I think...he was like finger painting for a commercial or something...really long time ago and unfortunately my photographic memory didn't kick in until the beginning of 7th grade.

Lol, wow. BUT thanks for sharing your...stories, advice, and stuff. Really appreciated and now transmitting it into my brain so I'll remember it forever...

[Egao, Egao Everywhere]

Be the ones to make friends with others and always stay happy.

[Deleted]

my school always has a lot of new juniors and they are always from canada but I think they always find friends very fast and mix in very quickly. If it weren't for the fact that I don't know anyone that didn't enter the school with my grade and as a freshman with me even some of my dormmates, awkward! I would probably not even know they were new. Well- I don't know if they came in as juniors or sophomores. LOL . - horrible senior ... or any year -

I'm also super anti-social in real life, and I hate speaking up. I mostly made friends through classes and through friends of friends. I met most of my best friends because I kind of knew some people and when I was hanging out with them, I met cooler people sorry my friends. LOL and I kept going with it. Eventually I knew most of the people in my grade and ended up being nominated for stud co. LOL except I didn't accept the nomination because I'd probably faint on stage.

Personally, I don't even try to reach out to people and eventually everyone tried to reach out to me so- I think I'm a horrible person for giving advice. LOL


but this is what I told my friend who was feeling excluded at her first year at college:
act like you're the coolest shit and everyone will want to be your friend.
because they all want to feel cool.

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because qrl, you are always the coolest thing.



i think the moral of all this is to have self-confidence and you will succeed. i think.

[WarriorArts]

You'll be fine.
Like many have already said, just be yourself. Don't try to act a certain way, or pretend/try to like things you don't just to fit in or make friends, because once people find out, you're more likely to be pushed away further than even when you first began. Also, even if that doesn't happen, putting on a mask that isn't you won't make you the happiest or let you grow in the way You should.

Just remember that the best friends are not people who accept you and like you for what you Seem to be, or what they Want you to be, but for what you Are. Those are the friends who will stay with you, and who you should also treasure.

Even though you shouldn't pretend/force yourself to like certain things, be open to new experiences, types of people (and there's certainly going to be a lot of different types, especially when high school is often the years people change and develop a personality that lasts somewhat in their life) and try things you haven't before - there's nothing wrong with broadening your horizons, and who knows you Won't like something before you've tried it? Accounts by others are always subjective; the best way is to do it yourself.

Embrace high school as a new experience - it's scary, it's new, it's really really big and filled with people, and boy I am scared and possibly nervous of communicating, and what if I don't make friends? - Experiences are never full of honey and syrup - remember that, but also, experiences are never full of bitterness and burning spice. The bad things won't last forever and there's always good things even when bad things are existing. That's what an experience Is - so embrace it; it'll help you grow, mature, and develop who you are. You might find out more about yourself too (no, you Will). And remember to try to be happy C:~

[CRANE]

Sept 4, 2013 2:30:48 GMT -8 @skullbeat said:

Personally, I don't even try to reach out to people and eventually everyone tried to reach out to me so- I think I'm a horrible person for giving advice. LOL

^ feeling skullbeat so much on that, btw |D

--which was probably a mistake of mine back then. I was really anti-social too and I got by because people always asked me first, or needed my help with something, so having people to work with on school projects was never a huge issue for me. My advice is to just go with it and see what's comfortable for you. If the social situation you're in is something that feels...unhealthy for you, and if you think it's doing more harm to you than good, then don't hesitate to take the high road. High school isn't so bad. ; u ;