Im a girl, 8th grader indonesian. the thing is, im pretty small for USA's high school average height (im 149cm), and obviously i will look totally different from the other students. does that make other students make fun of me or i dont have any friends? please give me some advice, thank you so much! and by the way, the most frightening problem is my height and body! im sure teens here is as tall as a pole and curvy as a sand clock!
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1.It depends where you decide to go. There is a lot of diversity in certain parts of the United States, so most people are used to foreign kids at their schools. I especially suggest you move close to the coasts, to more progressive states like Washington, Oregon and California in the west and Massachusetts, New York, Deleware on the east. California is the most diverse, and there are significant minority populations in the state. Kids here grow up with immigrant kids from Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia that often don't speak english well initially, and definately look different. Your situation is unique because there are no Indonesian enclaves in the US. New York has large Puerto Rican and African American areas, Los Angeles has a large number of Mexicans and Central Americans in the south central part. Many cities have "China towns" or "Korea towns." But there are no Indonesia towns, because of the diversity of your people. You will have the same problems every person has when they are new to a school, but few or none of those problems should be based on your nationality. I suggest learning the language very well, and learning to understand jokes, which can be quite subtle in any language. If you find the right group of friends, you should be fine. I had many friends in high school that were immigrants and had to improve their English, but they were cool anyway. Good luck.
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