When I was 5, I used to say that everyone in my class was my friend. I really wasn’t particular about who I would hang out with. If they’d share their snacks and toys with me- they were considered one of my best friends! At that age, I didn’t have many kids my own age that I’d see regularly so I was really excited to make new friends. The more the merrier! Then, as I got older, I started to stick with the few people that I liked to hang around, talk to, and eat lunch with. I think that in elementary school, even if you don’t have a group, everyone is friendly with each other. You’ll still have people to talk to and look out for you.
As a teenager making friends is a little different. I’ve been going to school with the same people for ten years and I know almost everyone there. In spite of this, every year in school I would only hang around a few certain people, and I know many others my age do this too. I believe this is because teenagers are passionate about many things and these things are …show more content…
Friendship means caring. It means caring about the other person, watching out for them, helping them and knowing that you can expect the same in return. Friendship has no limits. There are no rules about how often you must see or talk to them for them to be considered a ‘real’ friend. I’ve made so many friends in DMA, but I only see them once every few months for the programs. Unfortunately, we don’t talk much outside of DMA, since we all live so far apart and it’s hard to keep each other updated- even with all these social networks that we’re constantly on. Nevertheless, every time we do see each other, we’re able to pick up right where we left off, talking for hours on end and catching up. I’m thankful for those friends. I’d also say that we’re much closer than many of the people that I’ve been going to school with for