▶ Your Answer :
Without doubt, making new friends plays
significant role in people’s daily lives. There are several ways to make new
friends for students such as joining a sports team, participating in community
activities and traveling. If I were asked to choose one, I would say that
traveling is the best way to make new friends. There is a reason as follows.
To begin with, traveling is the greatest
methods to make new friends because it provides a chance to meet new people who
have different custom, life styles and religion. Traveling abroad allows people
to meet new friends come from different backgrounds. Such experience is likely
to help people to acknowledge that different values exist, to understand this
diversity and to ultimately be comfortable with it. For example, when I was ten
years old, I saw one of my classmates from Dubai wearing hijab. I felt very uncomfortable
by her appearance because it was my first time seeing someone like that. I kept
distance from her and sometimes made fun of her. However, after traveling to Turkey
and meet other local people, I change little by little. I realized that we have
just different religion. Actually, we had a lot in common in a way that we all
cared about our families, were committed to relationship, and got easily
hurt by what others say. I no longer feel awkward and can make friends with
them. On the other hand, if I joined a sports team or participated in community
activities without such experience, I could not understand them still because
there is no chance to understand diversity.
All things considered, I strongly believe
that traveling is better to make friends than joining a sports team or
participating in community activities. All in all, the importance of traveling cannot
be overestimated in the pursuit of making new friends. |