Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child’s success in school. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Peers in school have more impact than
parents
on a
child
’s success. Personally, I think that
child
spends more time with their friends in school and it has a matter on
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my thoughts. There are several reasons why I support
this
point of view.
First,
there is
this
quote: "Surround yourself only with those who will lift you higher" and it means that you are affected by your surroundings.
For instance
,
businessman
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has two peers and they are stronger than him. It will be useful to him
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because he will progress with friends’
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.
In contrast
, If his friends are not businessmen, he will regress and
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not develop.
Secondly
, children spend a lot of time together in school. They have
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ages, interests and homework,
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a result, it makes them closer. To illustrate, in the new system of education, students need to co-operate to get good marks and
this
also
brings them closer.
Furthermore
, youngsters tend to copy each other’s habits and manners. To give an example, when I was 7 grader, I had a friend and he did not care about marks. After
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months, his grades
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improved, because we started doing homework together.
In addition
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may learn some bad habits from his classmates and it can annoy their
parents
.
However
, if
parents
play the main role
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child’s
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a child’s
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life,
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does not follow
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guys.
Therefore
,
parents
should try to
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on youth’s life. In conclusion, there are two main influencers on adolescent’s existence. But, I believe that peers have more influence on youth’s success and
parents
should choose surrounding for their
child
.
Submitted by Deadline 8th April IELTS on

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