The real problem is that your friends have all forgotten you. They’ve moved on, met new people. You’ll transfer and be MONTHS behind on the inside jokes and the constantly circulating gossip. Even if you maybe occasionally keep in contact with some of your so-called friends and they “keep you up to date”, they’ll save all the juicy bits for cachet for school and their real life, not the loser chasing after them.

You’ll have to make a completely new set of friends since it will just be too awkward to reconnect. They’ve just grown a lot since you knew them. But you’re transferring as a Junior. That means that everyone else at the ENTIRE school has known each other for two years if not since grade school. You’ll have to hang out with freshmen and other junior transfer losers.

If the District Principle smiles at you, its because he’s secretly thinking of how screwed you are. In 6 months you’ll come back, begging to let him transfer you out and he’ll say “Daisy, you were the one who wanted this. I think you should just stick it out. Things’ll get better. There’s a vocational knitting group you might like.”

I’m glad I don’t know you.

Sure, an email would have been quick and easy. But in the real world, you get things done, you get what you want, by meeting someone face to face and applying the art of persuasion.

Once you learn this lesson, the world is yours.

Prepare for this meeting. Think about what you want and why you want it. Make a list of all the reasons why you should have it. Then put yourself in the principal’s shoes. Think of all the reasons why he would not want you to transfer. Then, come up with reasons that counter his reasons. Go through this with your parents. Once you’re prepared, then be cool. Don’t go in blasting your reasons. That’s like shooting all your bullets at once.

I know you don’t want to meet with him. He probably doesn’t want to meet with you either, but that’s his job. The main thing is that you are going to learn a GREAT lesson. So, be happy!!!!