Bullying

To new the bullying post. I think it is a bigger transition for students that go away to college rather than still live at home and attend county college. Everyone knows its not going to be easy and everyone is always scared they are not going to have any friends. Every new college student has to remember that if your going away to college, all those people are not going to know anyone either, so they are going to be looking for new friends as well. Even at Ocean County College, there are people from Jackson, Toms River, Brick, Lacey, Manchester, and so many more towns, and they range from ages 18 and up. Everyone has such a diverse pack in each class that most likely no one will know anyone in their classes either. It easier to make friends when the people that surround you do not know anyone either.
However, some people are so shy they will not look at anyone and keep to themselves. Advice to give to new college students is to not be shy and but into other people's conversations, or ask about the homework to someone just to make a friend. I have watched people in my other classes and they just "Hi" to the person next to them and ask if they did the homework or if they thought last week's text was hard or not. Saying stupid things like that will make you a quick easy friend in your class. You never know, they might end up being your best friend in the long run.