Do you find more friends in high school?

I'm an 8th grader, and I'm extremely introverted; I usually utter at least 30 sentences in school. Even though I always get excellent grades (4.0 GPA last quarter...) I feel as though nobody wants to talk to me. One kid don't even desire to let me correct his homework in Social Studies. Sometimes I wish that I was not a somber, sullen person. There is an antisocial tendency in my personality. I hate my teachers, hate my life, really...I feel as though I am failure...even with my "achievements" they don't reflect my hollow feelings inside. I've been depressed all week, and I thank God our school do not have to attend this friday.





So to sum up my emotional tantrum, do you, in your experience, find more friends in high school than middle school?





I could not remember any pleasant memories for these past years; what a burden to live...

Do you find more friends in high school?
It's a proven fact that kids in middle school don't develop the ability to feel empathy until they reach highschool. That often makes it hard to make friends or at least true friends.


Highschool is a great experience because you learn a lot about who you are. 9th grade is a year to make yourself who you want to be and scope out the people you want to be friends with. I don't know any kids in my school who haven't made friends in the years they've been there. Teachers often pair you up with kids in groups the first couple weeks so make an effort to talk to your partner and you'll learn it isn't all that hard to make friends.
Reply:High school is a bigger opurtunity then middle school yes and dont judge yourself on quanitity of freinds but quality
Reply:Hold in there, things change!





I the hardest years of my life were between 7th and 11th grade. At times I think I went through the entire school day without saying a single word to anyone. I was really miserable, shy, and thought of myself as a complete failure.





I think things started looking up for me during the last two years of school -- and things get even better in college.





Want to know what's a sad twist? In 15 years you'll give anything to be starting 7th grade again :)





Don't get down on yourself. If you're really depressed you should talk to someone -- ask your parents if you can see a psychiatrist or someone that you can talk to confidentially.





I'm also sure there are message boards to find people with similar problems. It's a huge burden thinking you're the only one like that, but in reality many many people your age have are going through this.





If you really want someone to talk to feel free to email/IM me.
Reply:get a bunch of peoples numbers, text em if you dont have a phone just talk to them a bunch and just hang around were the most people seem to be and just act social. that should get you pretty far.
Reply:You'll find friends. I had similar experiences and i always found friends because although it might feel like it sometimes, you're not alone. : )
Reply:Ok... so your saying you have a perfect GPA stating you have a 100 in every single class?