Some people say that studying abroad is like being reincarnated. New school, new culture, new environment, even the food is new. If you cannot adapt quickly, you will often have bad emotions when faced with real life, work and study pressure, language and cultural differences and other issues. Many international students often experience homesickness, loneliness, depression and frustration while abroad. Many people who study abroad lament that they seem to have fewer friends after going abroad. Most of their domestic friends have lost contact. Although they know more people in foreign universities than at home, they are basically superficial acquaintances. , not really friends, and I am becoming less and less good at making friends.
How to make friends while studying abroad?
Teacher Shao from Shaanxi Zhongzhuo Study Abroad would like to share with you several methods and ways to make friends:
1. Be more active in class in school
Building connections is not It depends on how many people you know, but on whether you have the ability to attract new friends. Excellent results and a serious and responsible attitude will make others look at you with admiration. Students who study in universities abroad all have this experience. Knowing one more friend may be of great help to your grades and teamwork. Show your classmates how powerful you are. An exquisite speech or a great idea will successfully knock on the door of your friends' hearts.
2. Join a club:
At the beginning of each semester, each club will use various methods to recruit new members. From study and work to hobbies and interests, you will find a club that interests you and then introduce many friends who have the same hobbies as you. This is the best opportunity to make new friends, don’t miss this opportunity!
3. Volunteer activities
Participating in off-campus volunteers, in addition to cultivating your own high consciousness through volunteer activities, participating in such activities can also temporarily stay away from the pressure of schoolwork. It was a great experience to go deep into the local community and get in touch with the local residents.
4. Go exercise
Working out alone is always boring, so why not find some friends and work hard together. There are usually group classes in the gym where many people take classes together. Everyone sweats and works hard together, which will definitely breed friendships.
5. Travel
The traditional Chinese concept of travel is to go to scenic spots in groups to take photos. When you come to a foreign country, why not experience a free and easy spiritual journey? Go on the road alone with a backpack and stay in a youth hostel, where you will meet brave young people from all over the world. Although it may only be a one-time encounter, it may become a beautiful memory in life.
So, what kind of friends should we make?
The following teacher Shao from Zhongzhuo Study Abroad will share with you the contents of the ancient Chinese saying "Six discords, seven discords, and four deep acquaintances", which students can use as a reference.
Six Discords:
1. Do not cooperate with people who are too selfish, because they cannot see the efforts of others and only care about their own gains and losses and results.
2. Don’t cooperate with people who have no sense of mission because they only aim to make money.
3. Don’t cooperate with impersonal people, because you will be unhappy together.
4. Don’t cooperate with people with negative energy, because they will consume your positive energy.
5. Do not cooperate with people who have no principles of life, because they think that earning profits is the principle of life.
6. Do not cooperate with people who are ungrateful, because ungrateful people will inevitably be unjust.
Seven things not to be friends with:
1. Don’t be friends with those who are unfilial to their parents!
People who are not filial to their parents are not worthy of your friendship.
2. Don’t be friends with people who are mean!
Those who are rude, unrestrained in their words, and unable to show their feelings when dealing with things. Such people often hurt others, so how can we be friends with them?
3. Don’t make friends with people who care about everything!
They care about everything, for fear of losing money, stealing opportunities, playing petty tricks, and seeming to take advantage to make them feel at ease. Why should we make friends?
4. Don’t make friends with people who don’t know how to respect them!
As the saying goes: It is disrespectful to come and not go back. Everything comes and goes, you respect me a foot, I respect you a foot; and the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. Why should we make friends with people who are selfish and only know how to take things!
5. Don’t make friends with people who are good at flattery!
These people tend to follow the wind, love profit and forget all righteousness, and are selfish. , is the most dangerous person in life. You must not take it lightly. How can you know the blessings and dangers of interacting with him?
6. Don’t interact with the powerful without principles!
Be a human being with your own dignity and dignity. Personalities, whether high-ranking officials or civilians, rich or poor, are all made of flesh and blood. You cannot look up to smell others, nor look down on others to make them grovel. Why bother to interact with each other if they are very different from each other.
7. Don’t make friends with people who have no sympathy!
Either they are vicious-hearted or selfish. Being with this generation is like keeping a wolf as a companion.
Four friends you should make in life:
1. Make a friend who appreciates you and comforts you and helps you when you are in poverty.
2. Make a friend with positive energy who will accompany you and encourage you when you are depressed.
3. Make a friend who will lead the way for you, volunteer to be your stepping stone, and lead you through the mud and fog.
4. Make a friend who is willing to criticize you. He will always remind you and supervise you, so that you can always discover your shortcomings.