Follow up questions on Friends

1. How do people make new friends?
People make friends in many ways. It depends on age and gender. Children make friends in schools and colleges. They also make friends in the neighbourhood by playing together. Women make friends by joining kitty parties and men make friends at work or by joining social clubs.

2. What do you think makes people have a long friendship?
Mutual understanding makes people have a long friendship. If people can tolerate each other’s short comings and be simple and straight forward, then friendships can be for a long time.

3. Does it make things easier in a friendship if you have similar interests?
Yes, definitely. With similar interests friends can spend time together and not get bored. They will also have similar topics for discussion. In a lasting friendship it is very essential that your likes and dislikes are similar.
4. How do people make friends now?
Now a days, people make friends through internet by joining social networking sites like face book, twitter and orkut.

5. Do you think we meet new people differently now than in the past?
Yes, definitely. Nowadays, we meet new people through internet by joining social networking sites like face book, twitter and orkut.
Earlier, people had lots of free time and they made friends by meeting personally.

6. What do you think, what type of personality do people of the young generation admire?
Young generation admires people who are rich and famous. They admire young politicians like Rahul Gandhi and Sachin Pilot. They also admire famous sports personalities. They admire reality show winners.

7. Do you think admiration varies according to age?
Yes, surely. Young people admire celebrities. Elderly admire good politicians and religious preachers.

8. What do you think, how important is education in one’s life?
Education is very important in one’s life. It is the base of one’s life. Education makes you confident and able to get good jobs. We also learn moral values and tolerance of other religions and cultures. An educated person rarely goes towards crime and violence.

9. Do you think today, education is in demand more than it was in the past?
Yes, I do think so. Competition is very tough these days and we belong to a global village. If we lack in education we are like frogs in a well. Education makes us broad minded and we can get a job anywhere in this world.