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Some people believe that friends have a bigger impact on young people while others think parents and teachers influence them more. Discuss both views and give your opinion

#people #friends #impact #parents #teachers #influence
Some individuals hold
an
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 opinion that
friends
 have
greater
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a greater
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 influence on
young
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the young
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 generation
whereas
 others claim that family and tutors have a stronger impact. I tend to support the first position and in
this
essay
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essay,
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 I will explain my opinion. Family is the first place where we learn how to communicate, manipulate, and get attention.
Although
 today’s
parents
 spend with their children less
time
, it still could influence the
children’
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children’s
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 life. Schools, in
their
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apply
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turn, have become a very popular alternative to family education, where teachers replace
parents
 and raise youth,
however
, no doubt that the ability of one tutor to establish a good connection with many pupils is limited. From my perspective, lack of
time
 and less individual attitude
prevents
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prevent
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 adults
to establish
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from establishing
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 a relationship strong enough to impact the
life
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lives
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 of teenagers. Young
people
 spend much
time
by
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communicating with their peers online, which is why interactions with
friends
 play the biggest role in their development. The
major part
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 of modern young
people
 tend to have more virtual
friends
 compared to the number of real ones. Adolescent boys and girls spend a lot of
time
 following famous bloggers on
such
 platforms as YouTube or TikTok trying to copy the lifestyles and beliefs of modern influencers.
This
 is why I tend to support
an
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 idea that relationships with
friends
 have a stronger influence on young
people
unlike
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, unlike
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 the impact of adults.
To conclude
, we are social creatures, and, in our society, the special place was always held by
parents
 and teachers, especially at the first steps of our being, but,
due to
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the modern
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modern
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the modern
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 lifestyle and digital technology, the
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teachers
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teaches
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teachers
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 and
parents
 became less relevant in young generation life and their place was taken by
friends
. Young
people
 spend most of
the
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their
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time
 trying to copy the well-known bloggers and less in communication with their families or educators.
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Coherence Cohesion
Ensure each body paragraph focuses on a single main idea to bolster clarity and effectiveness.
Coherence Cohesion
Use a wider range of linking words and phrases to enhance coherence between sentences and paragraphs.
Task Achievement
Include more detailed examples and evidence to support your points, especially when discussing the influence of friends, parents, and teachers on young people.
Task Achievement
To improve task achievement, clearly state your opinion in the introduction and reiterate it in the conclusion for greater impact.
Task Achievement
The essay starts with a clear introduction stating both views and the writer's position, effectively setting the stage for the discussion.
Task Achievement
The conclusion effectively summarizes the discussed views and reaffirms the writer's opinion, enhancing the essay's overall clarity.
Coherence Cohesion
Logical structure and paragraphing are used effectively to separate and organize different ideas, contributing to the essay's coherence.

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