Whether you're into basketball, cheerleading, French club, or band, joining a few extracurricular activities can help you become more popular simply because you'll get to know a wider variety of people. If you only get to know the people in your classes, you'll be missing out on a wide variety of amazing people from your school. You'll also find it easier to connect with people who share your interests, so you'll be more likely to make friends.  Remember that, to be popular, people have to actually know who you are — what better way is there to get your name out there than to get involved in extracurricular activities? Finding the right extracurricular activity for you can also help you find a new passion, explore new hobbies, and maybe even to get inspired to follow a new career path. Though it's important to be a good student, you should still be able to find time to relax and make a few friends in your classes. Whether you're chatting it up with your lab partner or the person who sits behind you in Algebra II, you should make an effort to get to know the people in your classes —without disrupting your learning, of course!  You may end up finding a new best friend after working on a school project or putting together a lab report with a new classmate. Don't think that you can only find friends after school hours. People in your classes may also be excited to meet new people, because people don't always end up in class with people they already know since class assignments are random. If you have a lunch period and don't have any friends during the same period, try sitting with a new group of people, that way, you can make new friends and get to know them better. Another way to be involved is to do something in your community. Whether you're volunteering at a soup kitchen or playing softball in a rec league, doing something that is community-based will help you get to know more people and to become experienced with talking to a wider variety of people. You may also meet some people from school who are doing the same thing, and this will help you make more friends from school or your neighborhood. Not only will getting involved in your community make you meet more people, but volunteering and doing something useful will build your confidence, which will make it easier for you to meet new people. It's a win-win situation. If you want to be popular, then you have to work on doing many different things with yourself; if you only play baseball or only work for the school paper, then you will miss out on getting to know so many interesting people. Though you shouldn't spread yourself too thin, you should engage in at least two or three activities that are likely to expose you to new people; if you stick to one interest only, then you'll just be friends with the same five people. Work on finding multiple things that interest you, so that you can make friends with a variety of interesting people. Part of being popular just means that people know who you are when you walk down the halls. Involving yourself in a diverse range of activities can help you get this done. If you aren't afraid to take risks and to put yourself out there during and after school, you'll be more likely to get yourself known. Sign up for your school's talent show. When a visiting guest speaker comes to school, volunteer to come up on stage. Help a student out with his homework after school. Spend your study hall volunteering at the school library. If you're only focused on doing the thing you have to do instead of finding new things to do, then you'll be less likely to be popular. If you're really shy, then you don't have to put yourself out there in a big, showy way. You can find small ways to make a difference, such as tabling for a club or making an announcement for your sports team in your homeroom.
انضم للأنشطة غير الدراسية. تعرف على زملائك بالفصل. شارك في الأنشطة المجتمعية. نوّع اهتماماتك. اعرض نفسك.