Tips for High School Please

Question

Im going to be a freshmen and Im really nervous! None of my old friends are going to the same high school as me. Please give me tips on how to survive high school. I am going into all honors classes. Will it be hard? I am also really shy and dont make friends easily. Please help!

Answer 1

find common ground. [example]: ' could you help me with this______?'

take risks. i am also very shy.

Answer 2

well some tips i used when i started high school this year was... not to stare because people can be very tempermental. try hard, socialize with people in honors classes because usually they are goody goods most of the time so they wont try to fight you.

Answer 3

Okay!

First of all BE YOURSELF :)

That's the best thing that I learn't...

Also it is not as hard as it looks!

It's actually fun!

Stay on your teachers good side.

Always do your homework.  

Always be respectful...

Oh & HAHA! You might have that creepy girl with you :-P

Answer 4

One thing I wish someone told me was "It's just high school!"

Work hard in classes, get good grades, and don't sweat the small stuff. Kids are mean and you may get the grunt of a lot of c**p, but who cares?

It's just 4 years.  

Answer 5

For some reason, TV and movies make high school sounds worse than it is. I liked high school (going into my freshman year of college...).

1. It depends on the type of classes you get. Some will be easy and work-free, and others will be full of work, and you won't be as happy to go to that class.

2. As you age, there will always be more work. So you'll get more work than you did in elementary school, but it depends if your Jr. High really prepared you guys for high school.

3. You'll make friends. Just talk to people you see. Don't not talk to them because of the way the act (well maybe act. no drugs, etc..), talk, or how they dress, they may become your new best friend!

4. If you can't find anything to talk about, compliment them. Or talk about the class, or something you though was funny, or something you thought was stupid, and hope they agree!

5. You know you're not the only shy kid there! There will be plenty of  other kids in your situation, especially since you said you got split up. Just act yourself, and not stuck-up or s****. (im not saying you do...). Sometimes cracking jokes will get you a lot of friends.

6. It's never too late to make friends. Even though you'll see some people hanging out in groups you should try talking to one of the people in the group, and maybe that person could introduce you to the whole group...get what i'm saying?

High school is supposed to be the best four years of your life! You should enjoy it, because in the end, I'm sure you'll miss it!

Answer 6

high school isn't that bad at all. it's actually fun. i thought the exact same as you when i started going. and i was also really shy. i was myself and i made quite a few friends. i didn't know anyone when i went to high school. the second day of high school, i recognized a girl that was in my form class. i didn't know where my class was so i just asked her if i could sit with her. before you knew it, i was one of her best friends at school. it was a strange way of meeting but it worked. good luck. you'll be fine. don't stress. oh and if you make friends that don't like you for who you are and if you would have to change your personality for them just to make them happy, don't bother. i wasted my time trying to do that. other people cant change you.

Answer 7

I thought it was gonna be scary as well, but come to find out it was just like any other school. The only difference is the classes. I was shy and very, very, very quiet in school all my life so I know how you feel. Most of the people in my classes didn't even know my name because I was too shy to talk to them. I regret that though. I made good grades, but didn't talk very much.

Try not to be like that. Get to know people because high school is the best four years of your life and you don't want to waste them. Everything will be ok so don't worry too much. Hey I was the only girl in a class full of boys in my freshmen year and I thought that some how I was just being punished, but it turned out to be great! Just have fun and keep your grades up!

Answer 8

Aww hey dont worry! Highschool will be rough the first few months, i will tell you that. But it gets really easy once you get into the flow of things. Plus, im sure you will just simply slip into a group and find a bunch of friends. Plus the teachers dont  just dump you into highschool with out gently transitioning you. They will do alot of freshman orientation activities to help you get to know some people. And usually one of the cool outgoing guys will come up to you and whisk you away and you wont have to worry about making friends. I will tell you to keep ALL OF YOUR HOMEWORK AND ASSIGNMENTS! you will need it for mid-terms and finals. I was FREAKED OUT about going to my freshman year last year, but its really not so bad. It was h**l for me though cuz the principle was in the marines. Its really not as scary as your middle school teachers try to make it sound. They dont expect you to be perfect on your freshman year, because they do understand that it is a new environment for you and that you are transitioning still.  

Answer 9

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