. Some people might think that
it is better to spend time with one or two close friends than with many
friends. I, however, strongly insist that it is more beneficial to hang out
with a large number of friends than one or two close friends based on the
following reasons.
To begin with, broad relationship
provides a wider world to someone. People are so different from individual to
individual that various friends give more diverse life experiences, thus
broadening one’s perspective. For instance, I was a member of a rock band club
during college. Even though I majored in Classical Chinese Literature during
college, I could hang out with different major friends through the club
activities. Every time when I met the club members, they told me a diversity of
the world and emphasized the importance of English so that I could spend a gap
year in the United States, studying English and traveling around the western
countries. From this present, there is no student or scholar who can speak and
read academic English, given the fact that classical Chinese areas only focuses
on China. By means of this oversea experience, now I work as an international
scholar who can translate classical Chinese literatures into English. Without
the club member’s advices, I would not have had such a broader world.
On top of that, many friends give an
opportunity to hang out with them more often. People have a limited time, thus
being unable to spend time with their friends every single minute. Especially,
after getting a job, it is almost impossible to drink a beer every night with a
same friend. Thus, if a person has a narrow relationship, he or she has few
opportunities to enjoy their life with friends. For instance, James Kim, my
friend, enjoys playing a basketball. Given the fact that he has few friends, he
complains that it is really hard to find a partner when he wants to play a
basketball. On the contrary, Jane You, my academic advisor who has frequently a
business trip, goes mountain with her friend whenever she wants. Since she has
many friends, it is easy to make a schedule and enjoy climbing mountain when
she is free.
To sum up, people who have broaden
relationship can not only broaden their life sphere but also enjoy their hobby
more often. In this respect, it is better to have a wide relationship than a
narrow relationship.