Category: Friendship

How Important is it to Fit in?

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Say there is a new kid coming to the school, is he coming from a place from very far away so he may not be like most students at this school. The first thing he tries to do is to make friends. He comes up to one group of kids that he asks if he could hangout with them and they say no. Later he comes up to another group of kids and asks if he can hangout out with them and they say only if he dresses like the rest of them. The boy wants to fit in so desperately that he decides to change he inspire way of dressing just to be friends with them.

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I know that it is hard sometimes to make friends when you go to new places. Sometimes it seems like you’re so much different from everyone else around you. So you start to listen and see how they act or dress so you can start to do the same just so that maybe they will notice you and start to talk to you or become your friend. I feel like many kids in my school feel like they need to fit in like if they don’t fit in they have no friends or they are a nobody. I do feel like having friends is a good thing while in high school but I don’t think you need to change the way you are or how you dress just to fit into a specific group of kids. I believe the best way is to just be yourself around everybody and soon enough you will start to discover kids that are just like you or have the same interests as you. 

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I remember my first year of varsity hockey I was just a freshmen but because of my age I got to tryout with the older kids so I didn’t really have any friends up with me. When I made varsity I realized that I didn’t even know anybody else on the team expect for like three kids and I still wasn’t even friends with them. It made it hard to play and to talk with them because they all seemed to have their own groups that they hangout with. So I started to feel like maybe if I acted like them around them they notice and start talk to me more. I tried that and it just didn’t feel right so throughout the year I just acted like myself because that’s the only thing I could think of that would work. By the end of the year I have made a couple really good friends just by being myself around them and discovering that we all had things in common and interests that were the same.

How Friendships can benefit you and your Teammates

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There are many times in your life when you are going to feel down and sad and all you need is someone to talk to. I know that when I feel down and sad it makes me feel better when I can talk to a close friend about my problems. Many times in sports having a good connection or friendship with another teammate can make playing that sport that much easier just because you and that person have a certain connection. In this blog I will inform you about how having good friendships with other can make you feel better and how it can make your life easier.

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In sports, like I said if you and another teammate have a good connection it makes it so much easier to play that sport and play it well while you both are in. I know that my first year of varsity hockey I made varsity and didn’t really know many of the older kids so I didn’t really have a good connection with them so times we would work on passing we just couldn’t get it to the right sport because we didn’t know where each other were gonna be or we didn’t trust each other enough. Unlike the year before when one of my good friends was on my line and our passes were usually on the money because we knew where each other were going to be. Having a good friendship with other teammates will also make everyone play better in general. If the whole team has a good friendship going there will usually be no fighting either.

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Friendship is also important in just your daily life. If you have a good connection with other peers in school, doing work together will be so much easier. There will also be not much drama throughout you peers so you won’t have to worry about getting into pointless arguments. The days that you are feeling down it is also important to have friendships with other so if you really need to you can talk to them and not have to worry about them making fun of you or not listening and judging you. Even though I do not have a job right now, I’m going to assume that having a good friendship with your employees is very important too. If you have a good connection with them then going to work with them won’t be that bad and if something comes up and you need your shift filled or something like that they will have no problem covering for you.