Senior year I had made some friend towards the end of junior year. So when I started senior year I had two friends. We ate lunch with each other every day. We hung out and made fun of each other. It was the type of relationship I hadn't had since freshmen year. The type of relationship i needed to allow myself to open up. I gained more confidence and started to talk to my friends friends. So i had a lot of people i knew and who i would say hi to when i saw them. i felt finally accepted into this community i had felt singled out by for so long. Over winter break me and Jordyn started talking on Facebook. She had just broken up with her boyfriend of 2 years. She was finally singe. The girl of my dreams, the hottest girl in school. The girl
Being alone those first couple weeks of school in an unfamiliar place, was terrifying. Each and every moment walking through those halls or sitting in the chair with a room full of strangers we lonely. I managed to make one singular friend who has lead me to meet more people than i ever thought i would. These past few months we have had opposing work schedules, we would never talk outside of school which has started us to lead in different direction.
around and treat me like a genius. Before long, I made more friends and found that I was enjoying school.
I know what it’s like to feel rejected by peers. When I was a child I was very shy and not much of a sociable person. Many people would bully me and too this day I’m still a little terrified by people. I have a hard time trusting others and coming out of my shell. However, when I do I make some amazing friends. What helped me get over some of the torment I faced from elementary through high school were my parents and my religion. My mom always reminded me that I had individual worth and that anyone who didn’t see that was missing out. Constant years of this reminder allowed me to accept my past and move on. By moving on I was able to start making friends this year.
but I don’t think I was making many friends. One thing that holds me back a little is that I can be shy sometimes, but I mean who isn’t? Meeting new people
Yet again, I was starting another school where I didn’t know anyone.I had to do it all over again, with the same thoughts going through my head, wondering what it was going to be like, always wondering if I was going to fit and make friends easily knowing how big it was. I decided that these next two years at this school were going to be focused on college and my school work, I wasn’t going to be in any clubs or sports. I thought to myself that joining a sport at a small school was very different and I didn’t want to know what it was like at a big school. I managed starting this school just like I managed starting high school. Good thing I am very outgoing so I enjoy meeting new people! I remember my first day of school there like it was yesterday. Walking in and seeing thousands of faces that I have never seen before. It was huge, 1500 in each grade. It was so big that they had two different campuses; one for the freshman and sophomores and another for the juniors and seniors. It was really hard making friends but I was lucky enough to be able to go to the Lake County Tech Campus associated with the College of Lake County and I made a lot of friends there in my nursing class. It was a very racial school, there wasn’t a majority of one race whereas Central was majority whites. I enjoyed all of my teachers that I ever had at Warren and I felt that I really learned a lot compared to feeling like I was ever
A few months after the start of freshman year, I had finally gotten used to having who I thought to be my friends, ignore me, and not knowing anyone else in the school. I found people who accepted my strong Catholic beliefs.
I went to a local middle school, the same one my sister went to. It was at middle school I met my first true friend, someone I felt like I could understand. Somebody who I felt understood me. Of course, there was only so much we were willing to discuss. Both of us came from Asian families, and both of us were expected to study hard and learn. But together, we were stronger. I began to realize that we built off of each other. Rather than trying to absorb his traits into myself, we merged, both becoming superior beings. But the pressure of my family, and the pressure of society never fades.
The more friends you have, the less lonely you will be but the quantity is not greater than quality when it comes to friendships. A few really good friends that you know you can rely on are greater than many friends that you cannot trust and cannot count on. I rushed for fall recruitment and joined a sorority this fall, expanding my network of friends and meeting girls I may not have met if it was not for recruitment. I also made friends with people in my dorm so that we can walk together to class and go out to eat if we are hungry. By doing this, I gained many new friends and would like to become good friends with
I felt uncomfortable and nervous (in all honesty, I still am) meeting strangers, consequently this did not help that fact in my first year. Seeing how I had no choice in the matter, I became cooperative and thoughtful of others; it was cause of this, I felt assured and at ease for my unaccustomed school year.
If (for my 12th grade graduation) I had to choose a symbol to represent all of the hard work that I had done at school, it would definitely be a battered crash test dummy. I think that it would represent all of this hard work and dedication because of 3 things. First, it shows that I’d have experienced an incredible amount of trauma against my will. Second, it points out that I have had no control over my experiences. Finally, it (like a diploma) demonstrates that in the end,it was all worth it and for a good cause.
Growing up, the best place for me to form these connections was school. This was the heart of all my social interactions. I would step into class and see my friends gathering around one table swapping stories about their
I began to make friends at school. My friends were the kinds of kids that other people considered
I would have to say that I’m a pretty funny person & make friends fairly easily. But sometimes i can over think the smallest situations. As I said above by the first two weeks I felt like I had known everyone. The biggest advice to incoming freshman is not to be afraid to make new friends, always be open to try new things & get involved as much as you can.
Wake up, get ready, go to school, extracurriculars, come home, repeat. Day in and day out, that is the basic schedule of an average high school student. Students spend an average of seven hours a day in school, so what are they learning there? Here is a list of some important life skills that you will not learn from your public high school:
I just kept telling myself that I was too far into high school to try at that point, and college was going to be a place where I could start over and be the kind of person that I wanted to be in a social aspect. It's my first day of my freshman year at San Diego State University, and I am thrilled. I told myself over the summer that this was my chance to meet amazing people and build relationships that would last me a lifetime. I moved into my dorm and met my two roommates, Joanna and Miranda.