I am a very shy person. The best way to become more confident is:

I was shy then i sang a solo I front of 2000 people and I a.

m now confident

honestly, just focus on learning to like and respect yourself and ignore anyone that you feel uncomfortable around. It sounds like a cliché, yeah, but it got me out of the situation you're in. Now I feel great

I'm really shy and I cant care less.

I'm shy as well and have low self asteem and lack of confidence. I think you should join an after school club like a sport and then try and make friends with people with the similar interests. Then if someone keeps knocking your confidence you will have your friends there to bring your confidence back up again or you can just ignore any bad comments. So you can't start your confidence gain by answering questions in class and keep answering them until you feel more confident with the people around you.if this don't work then talk to a councellor

So you can start ( sorry)

I'm not confident. All the books suggest going to a club but I think also to try new things outside your comfort zone.

i was the shyest in my year, i then started doing drama and now i am really confident