Personal Narrative: Trying To Change People's Minds

Often in school, once you’re labeled as weird there isn’t much you can do to change people’s minds. For young people like myself it can be really stressful trying to make friends.
Have you ever felt like an outsider? In Grade 7 I changed schools and in my first year at my new school I didn’t make many friends. Normally I’m a very social person, but it was hard to be social when everyone already had their friend groups figured out. At first I tried not to be weird or different, but by the end of my first year, I basically gave up. In Grade 8 I didn’t try to be someone I wasn’t and I think that helped a lot. Starting high school in Grade 9 was a lot easier because everyone was very open to making new friends.
Not everyone has a hard time being social when they change schools. The

He said because he was so outgoing he made friends easily. So changing schools isn’t always a bad thing; for some people it’s easy.
I’m a very outgoing person, and normally that’s a social advantage, but sometimes being outgoing just makes it harder for me to make friends. Being talkative can easily come off as annoying or arrogant, especially to people who are naturally shy or have a tight knit friend group. I don’t try and hide that I’m outgoing just because not everyone likes it, and I think it’s a good thing that I don’t.
If you try and be someone you aren’t, you won’t make the kind of friends you want. Being yourself attracts people like you, and that’s how you build a strong social life. Often the kind of people that are considered “the wrong crowd” are very accepting, and that’s why it’s always the outsiders that get into drugs, drinking or crime. Even in your friend group you can feel lonely. We’ve all had Friday nights were we have nothing to do, leaving us feeling abandoned. If you put your true self out there, you will almost always make friends that you care about and that care about