I need help, i'm starting a new school this year, i'll be going into 8th grade...

Question

i don't know any one there. what if i don't make friends by lunch and there aren't any empty tables? i'll be forced to eat with ppl i don't know. and this is going to be the first time i won't have my 3 best friends there to back me up...i'm extremely nervous...plz give me addvice, help me. i'm way too scared!!!what if i'm not accepted for being different? how can i know there will b kids just like me there?

Answer 1

What do you mean by different?  We are all different.  I think that's a good thing.

I think you are worrying before you need to (not that we ever need to) and I'm sure if you are friendly, and stike up conversations with whoever you happen to sit by in the early classes, that you will find someone to sit with.

Also, I would imagine there will be other new 8th graders, and you won't be the only one.

Maybe instead of worrying about this, you might keep an eye open for someone else there who looks worried, and befriend them.  

I think a good number of kids will feel the same way as you, so try not to worry.

When you get older, and start a job somewhere, you may be "forced to eat with people you don't know".  It doesn't really stop with age, so just be friendly, and everything else will take care of itself.  :)

God bless!

Answer 2

im going into 8th too! (YAY) anyway two years ago i was the new kid in sixth grade and it was a really big school and a medium size class (30-35 kids) i was very nervous but you always have a chance to meet people. i dont know if you have to take a bus but thats always a good time to talk and at lunch try to sit with ppl you have seen in other classes that you feel you may be good with you. And be nice and yourself you can make friends in the strangest ways from dropping a pen to asking for one just try to make even territory

Answer 3

relax. Of course your going to feel this way going into a new school, new grade, with no friends. I was like that too!! You will make friends by lunch. Plus, PLEASE dont be shy. dont be afraid to smile and say hi to people in your class. I'm sure there will be new people like you and almost every 8th grader will be thinking the same way. Their will be people like you there. If your not eating lunch with anyone, go to a table of people that have your style and be like "hey guys. do u mind if i sit with you?" (and smile) trust me. there will be kids just as nervous as you. just please dont show that your nevous or shy. walk tall, head up and just smile alot. talk to the kids in your class. say hi to them every time you see them in the hall.

Answer 4

if ur school is big enough, then u will have at least one friend. really the weirdest and most unpopular guy even has a friend. so just be outgoing. talk to A LOT of people. and if u havent made any friends by lunch, then just get there as fast (if u have to, RUN) as u can and pick a spot. that way people will have to sit by u. good luck

Answer 5

You'll be fine, just act neutral. Don't act like you're all that, but don't act like you're shy. Just act yourself, and eventually you'll make friends, like by the 2nd day of school, you'll have met someone, and then they'll show you more friends, and so on, than youll be known, and youll have a lot of friends.

Answer 6

I'm in the same exact situation as you. I'm so nervous I'm freaking out! I guess just sit with peope that look like you lol I know thats mean but its true..lol you will fit it better..so if ur preppy (like me lol) sit with preppy people, if you gothic sit with the gothic people, if your a skater sit with the skater people, if ur a cheerleader sit with the cheerleaders ect....hope i helped i wish the both of us luck..we'll need it lol

Answer 7

People are always interested in the new kid, so you'll make friends fast. And your teachers will probably have someone sit by you and introduce themselves, and probably show you to your next class. And, no matter who you meet, you'll find you have a lot more in common than what meets the eye (I hung out with this boy who was "emo" but not really because he kept smiling, and he was a lot more like me than I thought). You never know until you give people a chance to know you. Don't close yourself off or be mean and you'll be fine.

-L