how do you make friends in high school?

Question

yeah i know, be yourself, join clubs and all that stufff, and i'm doing that, but is there any other way to make friends in high school? i'm not really shy or anything either, but what should you actually do to make friends? yeah mention the obvious ones too :-) thanks

Answer 1

Hang out with people and get to know them. I'm a tottal goofball, but I make friends with you easily.

Answer 2

Joining clubs and extracirricular activities is one of the best ways to make new friends in highschool. But, because you're not a shy person, another good way to meet new people is by simply introducing yourself and asking questions. If you don't have anyone to sit with at lunch, ask if you could join a table where there's people you feel comfortable with being around, people you can see yourself hanging out with. Another thing...high school is like a soap opera...drama drama drama., and you are also judged by the company that you keep, so choose your friends wisely. Be yourself and the rest should be pretty easy. Good Luck and may the force be with u (LOLz) ;-)

Answer 3

Join some groups with like-minded people such as the Debating Club. I was a member of the Debating Club. I also got to meet other teenagers by volunteering as a crossguard and on the R.O.C.K.S. committee. The R.O.C.K.S. members planned contests, tennis games, barbecues, dances and other events for teenagers. I have also volunteered at an agency dealing with HIV/AIDS but you are too young for that.

Try being nice to the more open members of different groups. Invite them to do something occasionally, like going to a house party, a fair or a track and field event. Join a sports team. I used to be a runner. I also liked badminton and swimming.

Shake up your image with a new haircut, lifting weights, wearing nail polish and buying different and interesting outfits. Don 't be too outlandish. Do a spin on something popular. This will get you attention. Always sit beside someone on the bus, at lunch break and talk to the people you meet at school events. This will help.

Answer 4

Making them isnt hard - keeping them is though. I think people worry if someone will like them so much they are very self-centered and dont realise it. SO...become a good listener and ask lots of questions. People love to talk about themselves. Also become interesting yourself. Read the newspaper a couple times a week if you want smart friends. If not - play around on Myspace and listen to your iPod the rest of the time. That will assure you of stupidity! Anyway - I met the best friends I ever knew in high school at parties. Not drunken, drug parties but just get togethers with lots of interesting people. Throw a party yourself and invite people you want to get to know.

Answer 5

You have mentioned the obvious. How about inviting a couple of kids over to study for a test? Share your notes and quiz each other. Try out for plays. The cast and crew always get close. So do band members. Be friendly to everyone including the nerds. You never know who will be the next Bill Gates or Nicole Kidman.

Answer 6

I'm sorry that rude people have been giving you awful answers so far. When I went to a new school in my junior year, it was really hard because everyone knew each other. But one day in class I complimented a girl next to me on her clothes and we got to talking. And a friendship started. People love to be flattered, so that might be a good idea, like "I really like your shoes" Don't forget to be yourself because if you try to be someone else it's going to be obvious and people will not want to be around you. Good luck

Answer 7

Well the I'm thinking that you mean to be popular and I think that if you want to be popular then you do sporting activities that would make you popular.Really honey i don't think that you should be trying to make friends so hard.You came to school for a reason and its not for friends.Yes I agree that you sometimes need to have friends but you should find people that are interested in the things that you are and make friends with them.Trust me on that one it would be easier to communicate and become not just friends but great friends.Don't do things that the crowd would be doing and also don't make someone make you a friend make someone your friend.

Answer 8

This might sound lame, but meet people in class then talk then add them on myspace or facebook. leave them comments, and eventully you can be like hey lets chill...or plan a movie or something.

I used to have that problem, but you really need to just crack out of your shell. When I look back I always wish I was more talkative and friendly...so I try my hardest to not get embarassed easily, etc. In the future you will look back and see how easy it would had been just to be yourself, and be confident.

Answer 9

You need to be really social. Talk to everyone, call everyone, be nice and friendly, hang out with friends after school. In my school, you get noticed if you are smart... yet not too smart (hide it if you have to), nice, friendly, and you have a good sense of humor. If you can take jokes you're good. You have to be happy all the time and laugh a lot too! DON'T DO DRUGS, BECOME A WHORE, OR START DRINKING.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Start smoking? Ew. Um, yes I am going to have to go with the most obvious theory of "being yourself". Who can you call a friend if you can not be who you are around them without persecution. Don't lose yourself in all that. You will find later in life that it is much harder to find yourself than to lose yourself.