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Some people might say that friends do not have a
considerable effect on teenagers' life since they would think parents are the
most powerful factor to children.
However, in my own perspective, I firmly believe that
teenagers are more likely to be influenced by friends than others for two
reasons concerning that
they are usually at school and they prefer to share their
idea with their friends than with their parents or anyone else.
To begin with, they have most time with their friends.
Teenagers, nowadays, study from morning till night and some go to academy to
learn more.
For this reason, they cannot afford to have some time at
home. For example, my brother. Song, was an obedient child when he was a little
kid.
It was not until when 2013 when he entered an elementary
school that he became a different person. He started imitating his friends as
he wanted to get along with them and they hung out every day.
Sometimes, he used swear words, so my parents tried to
correct him, but it did not work since my parents could see him for only 2
hours a day after school. At that time, I realized that friends are more
influential to each other than anyone.
On top of that, they usually talk to their peers since they
can easily understand each other. I am sure that teenagers would like to have
more conversation with their friends as they get older given that they would
think their parents think differently than they do.
There was a poll conducted by Korean Board of Education in
2015 with 500 high school students as respondents. The purpose of this survey
was to determine whom teenagers prefer to talk to.
The result was so intriguing. The consensus view ranked
their friends over their parents. The overwhelming 95% of students responded
that they felt more comfortable to share their thought with their friends.
It is because parents usually do not listen to them and
force them to do something such as study. Moreover, students said that parents
would never understand them with generation gap.
This survey proved that teenagers can make a significant
impact on each other by chatting and sharing.
To sum up, teenagers do not have enough time to be
influenced by parents or other people, but their friends and, furthermore, it
is much more preferable for students to talk to each other than to anyone else.
In this regard, I strongly hold that young people can affect
each other most.
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