Moving schools has to be one of the worst things that a parent could do to their child. It could be hard on parents trying to get them to school,  or maybe they moved even further from the school the child already attends. Sometimes the change can be within the same district. There could be many reasons why parents would want to make this change. 

Although this may be better for parents, most don’t see what this dramatic change can do to their child. This is especially seen among teenagers. 

In my case, I moved to a school in the same district. Even though moving in the same district doesn’t seem all that bad, you have to get used to all of the little things that your new school does differently from your previous one. Teachers do many things differently, and it can really get you stressed out. Getting used to a brand new campus, not knowing anybody, and even sometimes losing most of your friends that you used to be with almost every single day. 

All of these things really just pile up on you, and there is nothing that you can really do about it. Most students, before the change, would be the most social person that you’d ever know, and after the move, they turn very quiet, given that they don’t know anybody and don’t really have any friends. 

It is hard for a lot of people to make friends. Everyone may not accept you, they won’t be the nicest, and sometimes they will just flat out ignore you. Just because they see you as this “new kid that’s really quiet”, they could be the coolest person you can ever meet. Most of the time, they wouldn’t know how to start a conversation with you without making it awkward. 

While this change is really hard, arguably the toughest thing that you have to go through is not having anybody to talk to about how you feel. Most of the time when people move, they lose almost all of their friends. Nothing happened between them, they just don’t talk as much anymore, given the fact that they no longer see each other every day. You lose most of your closest friends, which can hurt a lot mentally, and you wouldn’t have anybody to talk to because everyone just stops talking to you completely. Yeah, maybe one or two friends still keep in touch with you, but that’s really it. 

It’s a struggle to make new friends because we are always overthinking whether people would like us as a person. We think that we are “too annoying”, “too loud”, or “too talkative”. Sometimes we just need to take a breather and go for it. As much as we overthink things a lot, that doesn’t mean all the people who go to your new school are bad. 

You could possibly meet your new best friend there. There are a bunch of people who would think that you are a cool, awesome person; you just need to give it time. It may seem like the end of the world when this change happens, but it will take time to find that group of people. Moving schools isn’t all that bad once you start to get used to it.