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Many people think that students are heavily influenced by their teachers, as they learn many things from teachers. So we sometimes neglect the existence of their friends, who actually have more influential power. I think that students are influenced more by their friends than by their teachers, and my opinion can be greatly substantiated by the reasons addressed below.
First and foremost, students have more time to share with their friends than teachers. To put it another way, having more time with friends in daily life means they are more likely to be influenced by each other. Whether they are in classroom or after school, they are almost surrounded by their friends all the time. Thus the possibility of being influenced by his or her friends is high. One research illustrates this argument clearly. According to the study, people have a tendency to mimic their thinking and behavior with those who share much time. The student surveyed were asked to answer the questions, such as "Who is the most important person in your daily life?", "Are you inclined to follow your peer's thinking and behavior?", "What is the reason that you mimic your thinking and behavior?" Around 87% of the students answered that they were highly influenced by their friends, and sharing much time with them was the most important reason why they followed their friends. The result reflects that there really exists 'peer pressure', which means that the youth are influenced by their friends.
Second, students can share their hobby with their friends easily than with their students. As the hobby is one of the main factors to share time and common interest, those who share hobby are more likely to become similar each other. There is a gap between students and teachers, in terms of age, physical ability, living environment, etc. That is, the generation gap makes students to share their hobby with teachers difficult. For example, I really like playing basketball with people, so I usually make up the team to enjoy my hobby. As the playing is generally tough and physically challenging, I cannot enjoy playing basketball with my homeroom teacher, who are old and do not like sports activities, even if she is a really good person. Because of this difference, I do not have many things to share with when I meet her, except study. Naturally, I become more influenced by my friends who enjoy playing basketball and have more common things to share.
All in all, if I closely look into the young students' daily life, I can conclude that students are more influenced by their friends than teachers, because of sharing more time and hobby. Hence, I can say this as 'birds of a feather flock together.'
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