Agree or Disagree “Letting friends make a mistake is better than saying or doing something that may destroy the friendship.” Friendship is such a treasure that everyone cherishes it. Nobody wants to do anything to destroy this relationship. Therefore, when facing the problem that whether to take measures to prevent our friends making mistakes at the risk of destroying friendship, many people feel confused. As far as I am concerned, we all should do as much as we can to help our friends not commit faults, because it is “friend” really means. In the first place, friendship should not be based on the fine words, but the mutual help and mutual understanding. There is no denying that every person likes to hear the sweet words and obtain the support, especially from their friends. However, sometimes it is these sweet words and blind support that do harm to them. For instance, when studying in the senior high school, I was a straight-A student. One of my friends called Marry, who did not work hard on her study. Once, she asked me to write an essay for her to participate in the Essay Competition. I disagreed and decided to talk with her sincerely. After that talk, she finally realized her fault and studied much hard from then on. In the last year of our senior high school, both of us were admitted by Beijing University. We have both being treated each other the best friends all along this eight years. So preventing your friend from making mistakes will not destroy but strengthen the relationship. Furthermore, the consequence of the mistakes will be probably quite serious. Not only will it be adverse to your friend but also harmful to others. If you have found your friend had made a severe mistake, considering its bad effect, you would better to try to avoid it and help your friend make up for it. Suppose that one of your best friends addicted himself to the computer games, which affects many students around him. As occasion serves, they skip their classes and play computer games together. In this case, you should better help him get rid of the internet addiction instead of standing by. Maybe, he could not understand you at that time. Nevertheless, when he gets out of that virtual world and realizes your aid, he will be sure to be grateful to you. Thereby, a real friendship is never that fragile. Have you ever hared that old saying “Unpleasant advice is good medicine.”? In conclusion, although sometimes the suggestions would not be understood by our friends, or even they would still be self-absorbed ignoring your advice, you should not let them make mistakes without saying or doing any, just for so called “friendship”. |