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9月11日 Agree or disagree: Getting advice from the older friends is more valuable than getting advice from friends at your age. (2007.8.11) When encountering problems or at the crossroad of life, we always consult from our friends, teachers or families for suggestion. Due to the different experience, each person would have his/her own perspective. Who should we listen to, or in other words, whose advise is most valuable for us? Some people may turn to their family member, however, in my point of view, I prefer to my peer friends. Admittedly, getting advice from older people who are full of life experience is in some circumstances useful than from peers. That is why our elder generations, who even have no high education background, is convincible. However, certain issues, our young people have more advanced perspectives and keen sense of some phenomenon. They use their creative solution to solve the sophisticated problem. Therefore, the relationship between age and wisdom are varied from case to case. Further more, peers who live in the same era with us may understand our conflict and confusion more clearly than elders. We study in the same classroom and accept the same mode of education, so it is not difficult to conclude that we have so many similarities than with elders. In this situation, getting advice from them can more suits our present trend and fit our inner taste. When thinking of learning oversea, doubtless, the best advisor should be our peers who have already studied there instead of the elders who have little knowledge about it. In addition, age does not mean being expert in all disciplines. Due to the ample experience, elder friends may, in certain issues, have more advantages in providing suggestions. Yet, when it comes to particular subject, the correct choice is not going to the elders but the specialists. If I face some questions concerning the biological experiments, I would turn to the expert no matter he/she is old or young, as long as he/she can help me handle this tough situation, he/she would be helpful and thankful to me. In conclusion, from what discussed above, I want to state that the advantage and disadvantage of one’s advise does not depend on how old the advisor is. In my viewpoint, older friends’ suggestions do not absolutely overwhelms the young friends’. I prefer getting advice form my peers. |