new friends and old friends

new friends and old friends

Friendship is one of the most important relationships of people intheir daily lives. It’s certainly a blessing if you have a lot of friends inyour life. People make friends because they want to interact withsomeone who has the same interests and share their experiencesand feelings. Some people think it is more important to keep one’sold friends than it is to make new friends. However, in my opinion, Icannot agree with this view one hundred percent, I think makingnew friends is also important in my life. First of all, encountering a new environment is a big challenge formany people. They will face a lot of troubles when trying to adapt tothis new circumstance. Making new friends is a way that helpspeople to deal with those problems. For example, when I was afreshman in university, I felt strange about everything on campussince the campus is much larger than my high school. At that time, Imade some new friends in my classroom. We often do someinteresting things like playing electric games, hiking and fishing.Thanks to my friends, I had an exciting first year in my universityand I did not felt frustrated any more.Secondly, making new friends is a good chance to practice socialskills. In modern society, no task can be done by a single person.More and more business require people who not only specialists intheir fields, but also skilled in social interaction. Given the need forcollaboration, social skills and team spirit are necessary qualities forany successful person. Through the process of making new friends,we could learn how to catch people’s attention, how to introduceyourself, how to start a conversation, how to be a good listener andhow to pursue common interests. The social skills will be

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