I want to talk to different teenagers from different schools. Any suggestions to get started?

I mean yeah your right maybe I am part of the socially elite. But that doesn't mean I think I'm better than others. People are people and I think we should gauge how they are based on who they are and their personality. So what if your filthy rich or smart or dumb or poor? I don't care. What's more important is that are you a good guy based on my morals? Because obviously people can't always have the same opportunities it's about what you surmount to be despite your circumstances. I mean I have a few friends from NA and I still talk to them like normal. I was in express and I met really fun and enthusiastic people there and I loved it so much more than IP. I was close friends with people who eventually went to NA or NT. Just because I was raised differently or put into "elite school" doesn't mean I treat people any differently cause I know good people are good people. I do find your point of elitism in my school to be an issue. It's definitely a stereotype which isn't exactly wrong. But not everyone is like that. There are rich and extremely privileged people in my school. Some are nice, caring and understanding, some are just assholes. And I don't think you can say everyone is the same. We all come from different social backgrounds, be it family, friends or hardship. The mentality towards things in life and the goals and limits we set for ourselves are all going to be different. You can't honestly tell me someone from RI is going to be "the same" as someone from Assumption English. Not targeting any schools I'm just giving an example. People could have different ideas when it comes to academics and how to live their life. Someone from my school and RI have different ideas as well. People from the same school too could have different personalities. But I'm just sharing that after being here for 2-3 years you kind of understand what kind of people the express people in my school are like. Light-hearted and love to laugh but of course not everyone is like that. I'm not implying that people from different schools are any different from that. I am just someone who wants to broaden their view and social circle, just want to be friends with people from different schools. It could be a guy from HCI it could be a guy from Ahmad Ibrahim. It's good to have connections with people from different school environments. Anyways I talk differently to different people in my school. Because some gestures or things I say is obviously accepted to some and not to others. And that's kind of universal. I can go up to one friend and slap him on the ass and he'll laugh it off. I do that do another friend, I'm gonna get kicked in the nuts. Obviously when I talk to a stranger whoever it is I would talk gentlemanly and politely. But what I want to know by being friends with people from other schools is how to act and talk to others to become good friends. I'm also curious how life is like for them. Cause obviously as people we would naturally live completely different lives. Someone is more well-off or more academically inclined is going to live differently from someone who isn't. Is it really that bad to want to be interested in others? Someone from a "neighbourhood" school could also be curious and want to be friends with people outside his school right? I'm sorry I wasn't someone who is very social outside my school, but that's what I want to change. I want to meet new people. You coming out and insulting me is not only inappropriate but not helpful. It's just toxic man. If my phrasing was poor, offensive or elitist to anyone I apologise. I had no bad intentions to anyone.

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