Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students are more influenced by their teachers than by their friends. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Some people believe that teachers are more influential than

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, I think that

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have a greater

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on us. I feel

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way beyond

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reason that I will explore in the ensuing essay.

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of all, students are mostly influenced by their

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, as they spend most of their time with them. We take our classes with them, go

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, watch movies, throw parties, play with them, and do many other things together. All of these give room for their

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in our life.

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,

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of my

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used to play games till midnight, and sometimes, for

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reason, he would miss some classes

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. For

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issue, teachers tried to help him by giving some suggestions and

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taking some other steps to tackle his problem, but they could not solve it. Some days later, we decided to help him, so we went to his house routinely some days later and tried to see how much we could do. Surprisingly,

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month later, we found that we were seeing a new person, who had changed his lifestyle and had become a good student.

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is a good example of how

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influence

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us.

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, their psychology is quite similar to ours, which is

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of the great reasons for

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influence

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. As we are the same age, their thinking reflects our situation very well. My personal experience is a compelling illustration of

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, a few years ago, when I was searching for a university, I became confused between two universities.

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was quite popular, the other was

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. Subconsciously, I preferred the latter, but I was confused. So, I went to take suggestions from my college teachers. They suggest picking the

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, as the school’s reputation can be helpful in getting a good job. I liked the teacher's advice.

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, I consult with some close

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, who advise me to go with the

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option because a student-friendly university will help me gain more knowledge while

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providing me with a friendly environment. I just loved their thoughts and enrolled in that friendly university. At the end of the day, I found that they gave me a good suggestion, influential, which matched with my thoughts, and helped me in my career.  To summarize, our mates have more impact on us than professors because they are with us most of the time, and their ideas are identical to ours.