It is more important to keep old friends than to make new friends. A/D? (disagree로 썼어요~) |
It is often said that it is more essential to keep old friends than to make new friends. Some people might support this statement because old friends are already familiar, and therefore they feel comfortable. However, in my opinion, making new friends is better than keeping old friends because it helps to broaden one's human network and one's view.
To begin with, people benefits from being familiar with many new friends. It is obvious that various people often provide unexpected opportunities to us. Therefore, when one gets in trouble, his or her wide human network helps him or her. For example, sang Kim, one of my old friends, was looking for a job for several months after graduation. He suffered from financial problems. All of his old friends and myself really wanted to help him. However, we were not able to find a way to help him because we were in the almost same situation. On the other hand, his new friend who he first met in a health club just a few months ago recommended him to a company. Since his new friend was a well-known businessman, the company gave him a opportunity to get a interview. Then, he was employed in the job. If he had not made such a new friend, he could have not gotten a job for next several months.
In addition, making new friends helps to widen one's horizon. It is common that exposure to different people provides a variety of views, ideas, and values. Thus, It makes one reduce prejudice aganist different people. For instance, when I was a freshman in college, my dormmate had a brother who was a player of national soccer team, and I had several times to hang out with the players. Before I knew them, I had a prejudice that athletics were less knowledgeable. After I talked with them, however, the prejudice disappeared because they were also good students and knew a lot of things. If I had not have the opportunity to make athletic friends, I would have kept the prejudice against them.
In brief, having a large number of new friends are extremely important. This is because we are able to get a help from them and reduce our prejudice against different people. Of coures, old friends make us feel comfortable. However, the advantages from new friends cannot be underestimated.
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