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HIGHSCHOOL. :/ freshhman?
15/f
ok i'm starting school tomorrow, and now im like freaking out. i dont wanna go. im too scared. like we dont have buses because our levie failed. so im going with a friend. so thats good. for like the beginning. and then i know my way around the school kinda, so im not too worried about geting lost. WHAT IM FREAKING OUT ABOUT THOUGH. is lunch. like all my friends last names are in the beginining of the alphabet, what if i dont have anyone. and i went to a private school. so i dont really know any of the public kids. what do i do? what if i dont know anyone? what if im aloneee. and we have such a big school.
how was it for your first day as a freshman? what did you do at lunchtime? are alot of kids felt/feeling the same way i do?
ahh pleasee help. anytihng well help.
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Relax. By this time next week you're going to look back on this and laugh.
You're going to meet a LOT of new people. In your first few classes before lunch, make sure to introduce yourself to at least one person in each class. Casually strike up a conversation and tell them where you used to go to school, what other classes you're taking, and ask something about them. Then you can ask what lunch they have. If they have the same one, you already have someone you can sit with. If not, you can meet people in your other classes and find someone to sit with.
When I was a freshman, I was stuck in the same boat as you. All my friends had a different lunch. I would scan the lunchroom for someone else that was sitting alone or for a table that had less than five people sitting together. Then I'd just ask politely if I could join them. I was able to meet new people that way and keep my options open.
If you do the same thing, I'm certain you will have no problem finding someone to sit with. All you have to do is be friendly and polite and you can sit with whoever you want.
Good luck!
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i also just started as a freshie on last wednesday.
the switch from private, to public is kind of a big one. not because of the kids, but more of the classes. private schools are mostly smaller and theres less kids and stuff.
lunch in hughschool, there is no assigned seating, and nothin is alphabetized, so i dunno why your freaking out about your last names.
like the person below me said, just find someone you know, and sit with them, and dont be afraid to sit alone a couple days, its no big deal, someone you know will most likely come over adn sit with you if they see your alone.
seeing as its a big school, youll most likely know someone through one of your other friends, or from your neighborhood or something.
dont worry about it, your first day is really no big deal at all.
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soooo many kids feel the same way. DONT WORRY. you'll be great. if you end up not knowing anyone (which is doubtful i bet youll know someone!) but if you dont sit down somewhere and just act like yourself and say hi im (your name) im newww and just be yourself. if you do know at least one person even if your not the best of friends you can tackle it together. and try to talk to some kids in some of your first hour classes with names that start with a letter later in the alphabet and then you can maybe sit with them. hope that helped
-mari :D
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I'll start this off by letting you know that tomorrow is my first day of senior year. I've been there and done that and you really need to know that it is 100% no big deal.
My first day was crazy. I didn't know where to go at all. I got lucky and found someone in my homeroom who I knew. So the two of us managed to find 2 others we knew and we all eventually found our way to homeroom (our first class of the day). Once we were there we realized that none of us had classes together which really wasn't cool. The good part is that a few of us had classes near each other. We all helped each other out by walking to our classes together.
I was extremely nervous about lunch. I got to my 3rd period (which was lunch period.. I was also late to class. I interupted the teacher in her speech about her disliking tardiness.. talk about bad timing). I was lucky enough to know 2 girls in that class. I was friends with one of them and I just kind of knew the other. The three of us found an upperclassmen that I knew who invited us to eat lunch with her. Lucky think I had such nice neighbors.
There are SO many people at lunch you are bound to know at least one person. Think of it this way - you may not be that great of friends with them, but if they're a nice person they won't mind you eating with them even if it's just for a few days until you find more people you know in your lunch.
This year my best friend and I were the only two people we knew in our lunch first semester. We ended up eating just the two of us for about a month until we found this girl who was in one of my classes. I asked if we could eat with them and they didn't mind. We became pretty good friends. We now go to eat at the Olive Garden every few weeks. I can't wait to get back to school tomorrow just to see my "lunch buddy" or my "math buddies", etc.
High school isn't much different than junior high. Teachers in junior high used to tell us that it would be so much harder and such, it really isn't. The classes get a bit tougher, but classes always get tougher until you learn the material. The teachers are no meaner or nicer than in 8th grade. The friend-making process is no different.
The only two big changes for me from junior high to high were
1. My classes weren't all next to each other, they were spread out around the school. The best part though were all the math classes were on the same hallway, all the english classes are on the same hallway, etc.
2. Lunch isn't by grades anymore. It's by whatever class you have. At my school english and a few FACS classes have first lunch (we have 4 lunches) History and foreign languages usually have 2nd lunch, and so on.
It's really not that bad. Didn't you make new friends when going from elementary to junior high. From 7th to 8th grade, etc.?
It's the same, just probably a bigger school.
Just make polite talk with someone who sits near you. Oh, and don't lie about doing things such as drugs and drinking. It makes you look lame and people can usually tell.
I'm friends with people who do stuff like that and I don't. They won't mind if you don't do it too.
Also, don't try and fit in to certain crowds. Be who you are, not someone else. Just because a bunch of your friends listen to hardcore rock doesn't mean you can't admit to listening to rap (get what I mean?).
High school is just middle school with different cliques. If you're lucky you won't be stuck in some stupid clique. It's four years of your like then you move on to bigger and better things. Try not to get caught up in rumors or fighting or drama. There's not a lot unless you make it a big thing.
Good luck and have fun.
You'll probably get called thing such as "freshy" but don't let the seniors scare you. Don't crowd the halls too much. If you want to talk to friends then move to the side so the upperclassmen can walk. They might shove you out of the way if you stop dead in the middle of the hallway.
Also, don't be afraid to ask someone something. Most upperclassmen aren't as scary as people think we are. =]
Have fun!!
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