Get to no people Make some friends and dont be shy i no i would be your friend if you came to me and saidyour name and stuff i am also going to the 8th grade 🙂

I went to a new school my senior year and remember how it felt to walk into a classroom LATE because I couldn’t find it. Everyone looked at me, and I didn’t relax until class got underway and people started looking at the teacher instead of me. Later, some of the students were talking while getting ready to go to the next class and one said something to me. Pretty soon we were talking and I was on my way to making some friends. I didn’t have to really do anything except to talk to them. It just worked out on its own. People will reach out to you or you can ask them questions about the school and teachers and classwork. Someone probably will take you under their wing and show you things about school.

As far as disliking popular kids, it’s maybe better to decide who you like on an individual basis as you meet them. Not all of the popular kids are snobby or self-absorbed or whatever it is that you don’t care for. Give everyone a chance until you know them well enough to make a good judgment. They might surprise you. Be friendly with everyone, but pick your friends.

Good luck at your new school. After the first day or two, I liked my new school better than my old one. I hope you do, too.

It depends on the size of the school. The beginning of the school year tends to be easier because people are more involved with themselves/each other.

In a small school (like 100 kids/grade or less), the popular kids will surround you the 1st week or so to get a feel for where you fit in and then leave you to your own devices who you want to be friends with.

In a larger school, there will be more new kids because it’s the beginning of the school year and people will be more interested in rehashing the summer and figuring out where they belong again.

Your goal is to pick who you want to be friends with and hang out with them (talk to them and sit at their table for lunch). If your not sure, just be nice and interact with any/all the groups that you might want to hang out with until you find the one(s) you want. There is nothing wrong with being a clique bouncer.

making friends really isn’t that hard. since you are going to a new school, you might have to go through many groups of friends, before you find a group that you fit into and like. all you have to do is be nice to everyone. [including the popular kids, even if you don’t like them, just be nice!] try talking to the people that sit around you in your classes. many teachers let you pick where you are gonna sit on the first day, so just sit with someone that looks nice and try talking to them or just say “hi”. if you really start to get to talk to someone, maybe ask them if you can sit with them at lunch. that way you will meet their friends. and plus, you don’t want to be sitting alone at lunch. but the biggest thing is that you just be yourself.

good luck =]

When you are in classes, there are other students there. Just talk to them. Ask them how they like the class. Is it fun? If they don’t want to talk to you, those people are not your true friends. Your true friends are the people who accept you for who you are. The people who join or form cliques are in their own little world. I can understand how it feels to be rejected by them. Just remember, the people in the cliques are the ones with the problems. They have difficulty accepting other people.

meet people who

want to be with you

and like you for you

then dslowly crawl up the

popularity chain

just find people that like the same things you like. or find people that remend you of your friends at your old school. there are always people looking for more friends. you will be fine… 8th grade is easy, trust me i just finished it.