Heya playa, are you trying to figure… hold on a second. Are you trying to figure out
how to talk to your crush in school and maybe even ask them out but right now your school
is hybrid learning or online? Don't worry, in this video I'm gonna teach you exactly how to approach
them so you can get closer to your crush if you can't see them in person every single
day. This is The Josh Speaks. You're watching The Josh Speaks. My name is Josh and every
single week I make videos sharing tips, ideas, and stories teaching you how to be your best
self, and let's just be honest here. This whole pandemic situation has really changed
how schools operate. Because of that change, it's now way more difficult to approach someone
that you like and start talking to them. I've received tons of messages from people asking
me "Josh, there's no way for me to really interact with my crush because I really only
see them on our classroom zoom and I don't really know how to talk to them so how do
I approach them?". Well, this is going to be my advice for you. First off, if you're
in a completely online learning environment right now, try to see if you have access to
your classroom roster. This is a list of all the different students in your class along
with their potential school emails. Now if you have access to that school email, that's
going to be a key piece here. Look, you're probably low on potential connections to that
person. Especially if you're starting a new grade or a new school and this is a new class
of people you've never talked to before. What I want you to do is to take a few people in
that class, maybe 4 or 5. Make sure one of them is your crush, the person you want to
get closer to, send them all an email saying something like "Hey, I noticed we're all in
the same class and it would be really cool if we could form a study group together. Here's
my Instagram, email me back with your Instagram so we can form a group chat". Now what you've
done is create an opportunity to take it from a very impersonal school email environment
to a more personal Instagram environment. And once you get their Instagram handles,
follow them, start liking a few of their posts, create a group chat so you can start to interact
with those people more. Now the reason why I suggest asking a few different people in
your class and not just your crush is because if you're sending out a single email to your
crush asking for their Instagram handle it's gonna come off kind of weird and impersonal.
They're gonna wonder "who are you and why would I give this to you?". But, if it's in
the context of getting a few people together from the class to get to know each other and
to start talking about the class, it seems like a pretty normal and legit reason. Some
of you might be in a hybrid learning scenario which means some of your learning is online
through Zoom and other tools and then some of it's in class, in the actual school. Well,
if you have the opportunity to see your crush in school to talk to them, there is no better
reason to actually go for it now. Because guess what, this pandemic made it incredibly
difficult for you to do it in the first place so do you really want to miss this opportunity
now that you have it? And I get it, there's a reason why you should do it now but that
doesn't mean you're not gonna be nervous and afraid about it so try to take some of the
tips I've shared in the past. Think about mutual friends you have in common with that
crush and see if you can talk to those mutual friends that can bring the two of you together.
Try to talk about schoolwork at first and then try to transition the conversation to
something a little more personal or just boldly approach them and talk to them. Ask them out,
say you want to hang out, and get to know them better. And if you're someone that is
fully back in school right now in person, first off, I hope you're wearing your mask
and second, try to think about things you can do around your school that is outdoors
so that it's a little bit more safe. That might mean going for a walk in the park, getting
together with friends to go to an outdoor dining place or to just doing some kind of
outdoor music activity. Anything that is not around a lot of people and isn't going to
expose you to potentially getting sick. Look, I know there's a whole bunch of different
loopholes you have to jump through just to get closer to your crush now but if you have
an opportunity to approach them, to talk to them, to get closer to them don't miss it.
Take it! You have to be bold, you have to go after what you want here. And if you're
in a situation where there's no way for you to communicate or contact with your crush
and you just sit there in your online class staring at them the entire time wondering
how can I make this work, you have to understand that if it's not possible right now then put
it aside. Try not to spend all your time focusing on what you can't do. Instead, practice talking
to the people that you are friends with, the people that you do want to know. Work on building
up your skills so that when you do have that opportunity maybe in the spring, maybe sometime
in the future, you can actually approach your crush with confidence. Don't lose hope because
things are hard right now. Just keep working on being somebody great. I wanna give a huge
shout out to all my patrons and YouTube channel members. If you're someone that wants to talk
to me one on one about what's going on in your life, definitely check out the link to
Patreon down below, it's the best way to communicate with me. Also what I want you to do now is
to check out the videos over there on the side where I'm gonna talk more about how to
communicate with your crush when you're socially distancing and how to kind of deal with this
whole pandemic situation in a way where you can actually be effective in dating. Check
out those videos and I'll catch you next time. As always, love and peace.