This advice is for all my quiet young friends out there. It is perfectly okay to not open up to every single person you meet. You are not less than for being introverted and keeping to yourself. You do not need to change that about you.
As someone who has gone through multiple stages of being an introvert in my life, I have always struggled with peoples’ opinions about how I SHOULD be. I remember I was so shy in Elementary school that I chose to pee my pants instead of asking to use the bathroom. I would not recommend that level of shyness, just due to the issues it causes yourself in the long run by the way. However, I was hardly one to talk in class unless I had best friends in there with me.
I had “friends” whose parents would make me feel guilty for not talking more. I also had teachers who would forget I was in the class because I was so quiet. For one, that kind of makes it seem like you are a bad teacher, and two as someone who worked around children in a school, I would MUCH prefer the quiet ones who actually did their work than the obnoxious ones who were up in everyone else’s business all the time.
School is for getting your crap done, not social hour.
Just be yourself. As long as you can ask for help when needed, you are going to be okay.
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