Hi Zade! That happened to me when I was in 8th grade....not only did I move from the north to the south, but I moved from the city to the country! It's a huge adjustment! I never lost my northern accent as people here still ask me where I'm from, even though I've been here for around 35 years....I have picked up a bit of a southern accent though! You'll find different things to do, I didn't change the music I listened to, don't change who you are, just absorb some of the different things you see!

I move from "Hicksville OKlahoma" to the fast moving big city of Houston with 4 children under 18, no job and no skills. I was terrified, terrified and terrified but I had tremendous faith in myself and my willingness to survive. That was 30 yrs ago...

I still have my OKie Dokie accent :)

That being said, don't give up, continue to be yourself,  join a couple groups at school, suggest your family have a block party, invite a couple of kids over for dinner.

It's understandable but you've got things backwards. YOU don't get them. YOU don't act like they do and YOU don't talk like they do.
You can't expect everyone in the south to change to suit you.

I moved from NY to FL when I was young. It was the 70s and my brothers had haircuts that were longer. The old bowl type cuts. We moved to a small town that had a military school and the boys around here had buzz cuts. Whenever someone made a comment about the length we told them to turn on a tv and see what the boys on there had for haircuts. And that was nothing. You should have seen how everyone freaked out when they had a lunch for the fathers and my dad showed up with a ponytail half way down his back! All the kids screaming about a hippy being in our school.

It gets better. Like Angela I have kept some of my Yankee accent, but other words are definitely southern. It takes some adjustment, but watch and learn. Just don't go on about how much better it is up north.. It isn't better, just different.  They both have their good points and their bad points. If you are willing to listen to their music they will listen to yours. In the end you can make some great life long friends.

Welcome to the south where we say yep yall hey. We love southern music be it country or country- rock and we even have southern rock. But are food is great so sit back and u will fit in

You have my condolences!