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There has been an ongoing debate about the
major factor that influences student. Some people say that teacher affects
student more than any other factors, while others argue that friend is the
factor that influences the most. I personally believe students are susceptible
to their friends rather than their teacher for two reasons.
To begin with, friends are the people that
the student spends the most time with. Although students spend fair amount of
time with their teacher, it is very limited compared to friends. They can only
meet teachers during class or break time. However, students are along with
friends almost whole day. They spend time together not only in the school but
also after the school. They can still
hang out after the class so there is no doubt that friends spend their time
together the most. To give an example, when I was in middle school second
grade, I spent with my friends in school and after school for hanging out.
Contrast to my friends, I only spent limited time with my teacher. I was able
to meet her only during class and break time. The hours that I spent with my
friends were four times longer than those with my teacher. It is natural that
the more I spend time with someone, the more I’ve got influence by someone.
Secondly, there is a generation gap between
teachers and students. They can’t understand each other’s life and interests
very well. Therefore, there are only a few topics that both can talk about. As a result, they don’t communicate very
often. For instance, when I was in high school, I talked with my teacher only
for certain topics like school life, grade and career. There was nothing else
to talk with him. But when I talk to my friends, things are quite different. We
could talk about almost anything. We could talk about not only the topics I can
talk with my teacher, but also some young generation stuffs like current
vogues, new fashion styles and hobbies. We share a lot in common. Thus, we
naturally become more attached to each other. Hence, there is no need to say
that friends affect me more.
To sum up, due to the fact that students do
not spend time with teachers as much as friends, and because of the generation
gap, I strongly believe that friends affect student more than the teachers do.
Gone are the days when teachers were the number one factor that made an
influence on students.
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