As I recently completed Communication Camp connecting with people it begs me to think about connections in high school. Oddly, I only keep in touch with about 3 or 4people I was friends with in high school. Honestly, the summer before college I went away to work at a camp, made new friends and many of them went to MSU which is where I was going. I truly wanted a break from most of the people I went to high school with for a variety of reasons. I look back and wonder if that cheapens my high school experience.
With that said, what is your views of friendship in high school? Where do you see you and your group of friends in 3-4 years? What is the importance of communication in maintaining friendships past high school? Do you think technology makes communication easier for you than it was for me and my friends?
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I think that there are 2 types of frineds in high school. There are the school friends, the ones you talk to at school and after school activites. The other type are home friends, people you hang with. Most of the time the school friends fade with time. While home friends, you have a lot incommon and see each other more often. in 3-4 years I see some of my school friends fadeing by going to other colleges. On the other hand most of my home friends will still live by me and I'll be connected to them in some way. Comunication past high school is important because it gives you more opportunities. If your friends move away and you still keep connected they will change and so will you. When you hang with them they will have other friends with them and so will you. Technology now a day definatley make communication easier. With txting you can see what someones doing when ever you want. If you could just call sometimes they won't pick up because their not home. If you e-mail them they my take a while to e-mail back and so on. Overall some of my friendships will deteriorate and some will get made stronger it all depends on the communication.
It's hard to think that in a few years i won't be able to see all my friends everyday, it's even harder to think that i might not be friends with them in a few years. But unfortunetly this is what happens once high school ends. We all go off to college and if you don't go to the same college, then it's alot harder to be able to stay friends. I think it is really special when you are able to keep a couple friends from high school onto college and adulthood. I hope that this will happen with a couple of my friends but for now i will just concentrate on them being my friends now. Technology for sure helps people stay in contact alot eaiser then what is was like lets say 20 years ago. Facebook has helped my mom get back in contact with alot of her high school friends. I hope that this will help me stay friends with my friends now when i go through college.
There are two types of friends that people have. They are normal friends and best friends. Normal friends are people who you know, but don't trust them enough to be a better friend. A best friend is someone who you know and trust your deepest secrets to. In 3-4 years I see myself and my friends contacting each other every week. Communication is very important in maintaining a friendship past high school. This is so because if you don't have any contact with your friends, then you could lose them. I believe that technology doesn't make communication easier for me. Why use technology to try to talk to someone when you can talk to them in person. Technology has become so advanced that it has taken over the modern world that we know to be.
Chris Daniels
I think thar the kind of friends in high school are either the friends you see 10 years later and the there are the one that are your friend till the end of high school. I see me and my group of friends going to collage and keeping in touch and hanging out like once a month. There are many reason it is importian to keep in touch with then later on in life like knowing what has happend in there life that you should know. Only bad thing about this is sometime you forget what importian event happened so they might end up getting mad at you for no reason. I think that it is easyier for me to keep in touch with my friends then you because now and day most people have a facebook or myspace or a cell phone. It can be a bad thing though because sometimes you dont want to talk to some of your friends and now you have no reason to talk to them. That is the way i think about all this and keeping touch with high school friends.
friendship can change throughout life, whether your values change, you attitude, or your moral respect towards yourself. in high school many people are friends with people they don't even like, example, if i made fun of a kid everyday and he still considers me a friend then chances are he wont be my friend later in life because in a couple years he would have friends that are nice to him and respect him. other people are friends with people in high school to just get attention, example, if i wanted to be popular then i might become friends with a snobby, stuck up person who criticizes everyone by what they wear, just to have people like me which then will result in me being more like them and changing my values which could push my old friends out of my life. In three to four years i expect to be in touch with all of my friends, due to the fact i will be a senor, so i could have bonded with more people including the friends i have now, the exception is if i screw up, if i were to change my moral respect/ values then i could lose some old friends and gain others. i think that the importance of keeping in touch with old high school friends is important for the face that you have shared a lot of memories with them, some good, some bad, and some just funny. Technology now makes communicating one-hundred percent faster, now we can call, text, e-mail, web chat, voice chat, even play games together over the internet so there is no way that you will lose touch with them unless you really don't care. this is my thoughts about how friendships can change, grow, or get destroyed in high school and the future ahead.
Technology can change the way friends may communicate to each other after high school. You see, my closest friends mean the world to me and I believe they feel the same way about me. I have friends that I am just getting to know, but as of right now I do see myself still being with them after we graduate. There is only one person in this world who I can see myself being friends with until the day I die. These days it would be alot easier to keep in touch with people after graduation then it was back in the day. There is emails, instant messages, texting, phones, and much more. If you truly want to get a hold of someone, it would be simple as can be. You just have to take initiative to talk to them. Therefore, technology today makes it alot easier for friends to stay in touch after high school.
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In 3-4 years I plan on still talking to my friends I met in high school. The people I met in middle school I could care less about but since I switched school systems I have met much better people. I have made friends that are loyal and stick by me. And ones that I can trust. Technology has definitely made it easier to stay in communication between me and my friends. There are some people I will never forget, and never want to forget. While there are others I will have no problem suppressing their existence. I hope to stay in touch with a lot of the friends that I have met in high school cause I know it will help me in the future. My friends have taught me how to be trusting and how not to be. I know what to look for in a future friend that will be there for me. I will never forget my high school friends because I never want to and I hope they won't forget me.
In high school I think it is super important to have friendships. Whether it's friends that you only really talk to in class or your best friends that you can tell anything to. Me personally, I hope to keep in touch with my close friends that I have right now as the years go on. I understand that people change and friendships drift apart, but I still want to keep in touch with the people that meant the most to me when I was younger. My friends have helped me through so much in life and I hope that they can keep doing so as the years come. There are many importances of communication in maintaining friendships past high school. These people were your best friends, the people you could tell almost anything to, and they shouldn't just fall off the face of the earth. It's always good to have good nastalga and look back on the days that some say were the best years of your life. I do think that technology makes communication so much better than it was for you. These days you have e-mail, IM, MySpace, Facebook and all types of social networking sites you can be on. Along with the computer, people now text message a lot and it's an easy way to keep in touch.
Some friends mean something to me and some friends don't. Most of the people in highschool i'll never see again. My friends that i do care about i see in college in 3-4 years. Communication after highschool is good because it my give more opprotunities. Technology today helps communicate alot. Like E-mail online games cell phones long distance calls etc. Some friends will be good ones some will be backstabbers. Their are people out there right for everyone tho.
I think there are levels of friends in high school. Theres the lowest level friends, casual friends, good friends, and best friends. Low level friends are the one you kinda know at school, and talk to them a little in class. There usually friends of friends. Casual are friends you talk to more, no more about, but not a lot and just see them at school. Good friends are the ones you talk to alot, see them after school, and now alot about them, but normaly your with other friends when your with them, and never just them after school. Best friends are the ones you've known for years, hang with them all the time with other friends or alone. The only ones you are probably going to still be in contact with after high school are best friends. I also think that technology makes communication easier, because you can make plans easier, and stay connected easier.
Friendship can mean a lot of different things. There are two main groups, "real" friends and "fake" friends. Real friends are the ones that you hang out with everywhere, go to the movies, have each others backs, ect. Fake friends are the people that you know who they are, just not what they're like. People usually a lot of fake friends. I see my group of real friends staying together in the next few years. The importance of communicating with old friends is you will always have somebody to talk to, even if things are going completely wrong at college. I think technology makes it a whole lot easier to communicate with old friends because even if they dont have a phone, they could have a facebook. Even you could go on facebook and look at all your old friends from college. Technology makes staying connected easier.
I think friendships are soooo necessary for everything. I think you can have a few different kinds of friends. There's the people that you see in the hall, smile at, then continue on with whatever you were doing. Then there are the people that can be classified as your best friends. They are the people you trust with your secrets and you spend time with outside of school. For me, they are the people that keep me from losing it. I have 4 BEST friends. And I honestly have no idea what I would do without them. Three of four years after high school, I think I will still be very good friends with my besties! I know I'll be best friends with Meghan forever. She has been by my side since 3rd grade. I don't really have a group of best friends. All of my best friends are in different "Cliques."
But, even if I'm not best friends with all of them, I know we will remain friends. If there is no communication with people after high school, it would be very difficult to stay friends. After high school a lot of people move away to different places and it might not be as easy to see them. I definitely think technology makes it easier and faster to communicate between people. All you have to do is make a call or send a text, and SHAZAM! They can reply, and talk away!
Mariah Fabean.
In my opinion, most friendships in high school dont last past high school. They usualy fade away when collage begins. The friendships that someone does keep after highschool are true friendships. If you keep a friendship with some one after high school its most likely because you and that person have a lot in common and you get along well. Quite a few of the people I talk to currently in school I probably wont talk to a lot in the future. But this is very typical for a lot of people. So in the end its about a 50-50 chance of you keeping contact with the friends some one has through high school throughout their high school experiences and so on. Another key factor in friendships is communication. It is VERY popular. everyone has some kind of technology, if its a cell phone, comeputer, or any other electronic device. Technology does make a huge difference in communication. Its the difference between talking to someone face to face or from next door to across the earth. Technology may not hold the best ways to communicate but it deffinentaly makes it easier.
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