Alright, when finding new people or seeing people you haven't seen in a long time, are you one to greet them and say hello, or do you have to wait for them to come up to you?


So I'm taking summer high school courses, set with a fresh new environment and a chance to meet some new kids. But dang, there a lot of shy kids; no one seems to say hi. They just kinda look at you funny.

This whole week, I seem to have been one of the only kids to actually try to help the other kids feel more welcome and try to meet new people, since I figure they're on the same boat as I am.

Some kids are just hard to get to though. Like there's this one kid who wouldn't even tell me his first name, and today there was this lonely looking kid who I tried talking to and he didn't even reply and just looked at me funny. I said "what's up" to this one girl, and they actually looked up. And then you got those kids who act like they're deaf or something. =P

I try to be the one to say hi first. But, most of the time, it takes a while for them to remember me if it's been a while.

^same here. It's like you know who they are but I don't know them that well, so I just walk away and if they come up to me, then they come up to me.

Agreed. Sometimes they come up to me and its just...awkward. I hate it.

yeah...that can become awkward and then you're lost.

Uh oh, sounds like we need to pin a topic on how to start a conversation.

Usually, when meeting new people, I go up to them and say hi. :D Shy kids are usually hard to get through to, but they'll start talking to you eventually. Sure, it might make it awkward for them, but I think it's better than a permanent awkward silence...

But, if I see old friends that I don't talk to anymore, I wait for them to come to me. I don't like having to go up to them and being like "HEY". What if they don't remember me? I'd feel so ridiculous if they were just like "Oooh, hey, I don't remember your name..." -_-

ahaha!! I think that would help out.

Lil bit of both.

I tend me to be shy at first. So i let them come to me.

Sometimes kids have such low self esteem that when you talk at them they think your trying to make fun of them.

I was like that in school.

So true. I don't usually go up to people either. It's because I can be pretty shy at times and I just hate those awkward what to talk about moments of silence. They just make me feel totally uncomfortable so I try my best to avoid them at all costs.

Yez plz.

And 1 on how 2 talk 2 gurls.I cant do it.

As for me,In recent years ive been way more frendlier then i used to be.I used to be called out as rude because i waited for people to say Hi to me i guess i was being rude...?