▶ Topic : In this ever-changing and complicated society, one could meet various kinds of people from schools, workplaces, and casual meetings. In such situation, many people believe that being interacted with several close friends is better than getting along with a lot of people. I, however, strongly disagree with this idea since people could widen their horizon by meeting many other people. Also, they would enhance their social skills.
To begin with, having exposure to various lifestyles of friends could help one to broaden one's perspective. It is certain that friends usually share their common interests and hobbies with one another such as playing computer games and swimming. Therefore, mingling well with a wide range of people could help one to break a prejudice towards others. For example, I joined a sports club in high school, and more than twenty members of the club often hung out together. I had many friends who enjoyed unique sports including rock-climbing and bunjee-jumping. Before I got to know them, I assumed that those sports are for the people who are reckless in their lives. My prejudice, however, disapeared when I spent a lot of time with my friends sharing common intersts such as grades, girlfriend, and parents.
On top of that, getting along well with a wide variety of friends might help one to build social development. Of course, interacting with a few people could be also helpful in nurturing social skills. It, however, is much advantageous to get along with many people since each person might have diverse opinion and characteristic. Therefore, the more people become sociable, the more people could learn from others. For instance, I could develop my social skills when I joined the army. I managed to do many hard workings including carrying heavy materials, building tents, and digging a ground deeply, and spent a great amount of time with my fellow soldiers. Inevitably, experiencing various people ranging from teachers to students, I could learn to be patient, communicate, and understand other people. If I had not met these people, I might not be able to learn important social skills.
To sum up, having a wide range of friends is beneficial. Not only can people widen their perspectives, but they can also foster their social skills. All in all, people should not underestimate the significance of mingling well with others, and they should try to meet many friends. |