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Young adults are in the time when they ask themselves a lot of questions; what they want to be, what they pursue for and so on. In this sense, it is natural that they depend on friends and parents. Both of them have profound influence on young adults, but I believe friends have more important influence on young adults. This is because friends are sympathetic and young adults could gain teaching from their friends...
Young adults ask for help from their friends since they are usually sympathetic. They usually think they share common sense with their friends. The main reason for this is that friends and young adults study and play together, experience similar difficulties, and they spend most of their time with one another. Thus, they become friendlier and know exactly what others' problem is. When it comes to Korea, the study conducted from Korean times has revealed that most of Korean teenagers usually rely on their friends for advice. They know each other well because they not only spend roughly 10 hours a day together, but experience a same burden, university entrance test. Hence, they listen carefully to one another and share hardship. In this condition, there is no doubt that friends are more influential to young adults.
Young adults could learn a lot of things from their friends. Each friend has his/her own characteristic, personality and perspective. Some might be an active person, while the other one is a sociable person. Also, each friend will have subjects that they are good at, and each of them will have different perspectives toward certain issues. By communicating with them, young adults could have a wide point of view and learn various social skills. To be more specific, suppose there are two friends and they are talking about environmental issues. One says that all countries, even developing countries, should participate in activities to protect environments. In contrast, the other one says developing countries should exploit all of their natural resources to boost economy. If young adults communicate with them, they will have more chances to deeply understand the controversy. Therefore, friends could be the most influential presences to young adults.
Therefore, I believe friends are more influential to young adults when considering their statues as an adviser and one kind of teacher. Indeed, the old Korean saying “friends are precious than any other treasures” is definitely right. |