Some people say that students are more affected by the teachers than by the friends. However, i do not agree that nowadays young generation are more affected by the teachers. In my opinion, i strongly maintain that friend is the best guide and counsellor in one's life. There are two reasons why i say this way. Young persons depend on the same age children due to the easy communication and generation gap with the teachers. So in most cases, students are affected by the buddies seroiusly.
To begin with, students in the school need to the person who comminicate each other. The friends are the most convenient and effective counterpart to talk with. With some friends young persons can say comfortably stresses which are burdened to them. In case young guys talk to the teachers or tutors, they may hesitate whether they talk about some sensitive items. For example, if a young person has troulbles in not quitting smoking, he can not easily talk to the teachers. My older brother tell me that he always discuss some topics with his friends, because he can not make himself understood to the teachers. He said to me, "teachers are interested in the scores and entering the colleges"
Moreover, there is barrier between young students and old teachers, which is sometimes referred as generation gap. At least 20 or 30 year-gap in the ages can makes them misunderstood each other. Sometimes teachers who can not understand children's minds whatever they talk. In the high-tech society gap between the young and the old are more widelyt and fastly. I have many friends who do not want to his teachers anylonger.
All in all, students apt to depend on the same age friends. They keep the teachers away because of difficult communication with the old and generation gap with the old teachers. So the students are much more affected by the buddies seroiusly.