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Some people think that having friends who are similar to oneself is better. However, in my opinion, different friends from oneself is more beneficial. This is because people can diverse ideas and perspectives. Also, they can get various experiences. To begin with, people can various perspectives and ideas. Generally, different friends from oneself have different ideas. Therefore, from them, people can learn about many various thoughts. I can take an example of my experience. When I was in high school, one of my friends always listened to classical music. He thought of classical music as the best music in the world and he always said that other kinds of music had poor quality. At that time, I liked to listen to rock music. Therefore, I recommended him to listen to the rock music continuously. At first, he rejected my recommendation but, he started to listen to the rock music because of my ceaseless suggestion. As a result, he changed his perspectives in music. On top of that, people can get diverse experiences. Usually, different friends from oneself have different hobbies and they enjoy different activities. Therefore, people can be helped to begin other activities by different friends from them. For instance, when I was in high school, I did not like to play sports. Since I did not know about enjoyment of sports, I just spent my extra time to read books. One day, my friend who liked playing sports suggested me to play baseball and I started to learn about the baseball. At first, he taught me basic skills such as how to use baseball gloves. Thanks to his help, I enjoyed the baseball and it gave me many good memories. To sum up, I believe that people are better to have different from oneself. This is due to the fact that they can have manifold perspectives and get various experiences. |