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The Importance of High School Friends

March 01, 2022

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By: Paige Kurpgeweit, a freshman at Leigh High School

As you grow up, you realize it becomes less important to have a ton of friends and more important to have real ones. This is especially important when you are in high school. Having friends in high school helps you enjoy the four years you have to spend in high school. 

The friends you have in during your school years can shape you as a person. They can make your life better, or they can get you in trouble. Your friends in high school can exert peer pressure over you in a positive way or a negative way. 

When a friend affects you in a positive way, they are just helping you in the long run. When they peer pressure you in a negative way, then that is when you should rethink who you are friends with. The negative way can also help you in the long run by teaching you to not trust everyone. 

Friends are important because of they help you through life, especially in high school. Everyone needs a few good friends to help get you through all the good and bad times of these four years.