▶ Your Answer : Some people are likely to presume that making friends similar to me is better than having friends who are diffrent from me. However, I firmly believe that the advantage of having various friends far outweigh that of having analogous friends because it can be more helpful in life and the relationship lasts longer. First of all, making different friends enable people to make their lives eaiser. This is attributed to fact that all people have different knowledge and skills from each other. Thus, having different friends can give numerous helps, living in complicated modern society. For example, when I was a freshman on Engineering major, I got stress out too much because the subjects related to Engineering requires other knowledges in mathematics. However, I was poor at mathemtics and I ended up getting helps from my friends who were majoring in mathemathics. Judging by my experience, having friends different from me can be helpful and effective way to solve problems by getting an advice. On top of that, having similar friends can lower the possibility to sustain the relationship for long period. This is due to the fact that always doing the same things everyday without making changes, they can be easily bored with each other. With such situation, they finally ended up wanting to make new friends who are not analogous to their own characteristics. According to a study conducted by University of California at Los Angeles of the United States, there existed a huge difference between two groups of students in friendships. Students in group A were classified for their similar characteristics and those in group B were classified for their different ones. The researchers showed that the period in which friendships last is much higher in group B than group A. Those in group B kept in touch with one another after they graduated from school. This implies that making different friends is better because it last longer than having similar friends. In brief it, at first glance, making friends who is similar to their own is better. However, I think by making different friends, we can live a more effective life through getting helps easily without worrying about maintaining the relationship between friends in long period. |