Kinda regret picking TY

FreeasmyHair

I wanna do TY to learn new things and take a break and what not but I realised that only one of my good friends are doing TY and the rest are skipping it. There's no guarantee that I'll end up in the same class as my friend. They say you make new friends in TY but I'm actually TERRIBLE at making friends. I'm really shy at first and it takes me a while to be myself. I think it's because I have really low self esteem. I don't wanna go through TY knowing that I won't know anyone well in my class.
I don't want TY ruined by this, how would I make friends?

Monsieur Folie

Depends on how well the program is run in your school, but in my school everyone in my class (with the exception of 2 or 3 people who chose to exclude themselves because they felt like they were too hardy for TY) got along great, even the people who didn't know each other beforehand! As long as you go into it with a positive attitude and get involved with the things going on, you'll make many friends!

blobcat

Don't worry too much, I'm bad at making friends too. It's a good chance to talk to to new people and do new things.

Pidge96

Here, I wouldn't worry unduly about not liking the class/lack of friends etc. Before TY our year was kinda divided, certain classes would never talk to one another and all that craic. In TY people actually did get to know one another and after (a rocky) beginning I really got to enjoy the people in my class and get to know them better. I didn't have any of my closest friends in my class either but it was okay, you should see them everyday, including on activities and everything else etc.. People really mature during this year anyway, and you feel more grown up at the end of it. And don't forget, you get out of TY what you put in

missguided

Don't worry about being bad at making friends, I'm really bad at that kind of thing too and came out of TY with a load of new friends - people I'd barely spoken to before You have to do so much more in TY with people you don't know, and you just kind of get to know them while doing it - projects, extra curricular activities etc. Seriously don't worry about it, I'm so shy and I've come out of TY so much more louder and confident, you'll be fine:)

Muir

I'm quite shy & bad at making friends, but I actually became friends with my current best friend within the first few weeks of starting TY, my old best friend had moved schools. 6 years later & I am still best friends with her. I felt TY really helped my confidence.

We just started chatting when we were out collecting money for charity. The general activities of TY encourage you to meet new people. Don't stress about it too much, you'll be fine and I'm sure you'll end up enjoying it!

expectationlost

talking about next year?, change your mind, tell them, get out of school quicker

Monsieur Folie

expectationlost wrote: »

talking about next year?, change your mind, tell them, get out of school quicker

That's terrible advice.

expectationlost

Monsieur Folie wrote: »

That's terrible advice.

no its not.

frozenfrozen

Ty changed me greatly for the better. It won't bring you any harm. Enjoy life instead of trying to get through it as quickly as you can

Monsieur Folie

expectationlost wrote: »

no its not.

To tell someone to skip TY so that they can 'get out of school more quickly' is not good advice, especially when you don't know the person.

Nicole.

Hi, many people about to do TY feel this way. I found that because we were doing activities that put us out of our comfort zone e.g. rock climbing we were more likely to bond with people. I wouldn't have met some of my best friends if we didn't do TY.

FreeasmyHair

Thank you guys Tbh, I feel less stressful about it now.