Choosing friends that are either similar or different from one self can be a difficult task. Friends that share many similarities can offer a common purpose and way of life that is reassuring. Friends who are vastly different, on the other hand, may challenge and expand one's mind, opening new vistas of thought where there were none before.
Despite powerful arguments for both sides, I prefer friends who are different from me. First of all, choosing friends who are different from me allows me to learn from others. For example, I have a dear friend, who although not academically inclined like myself, is a master with technology. He works with television news stations preparing their broadcasts for dissemination to the public. I,
On the other hand, am technologically challenged. Despite my technological weakness, my friend has taken me under his wing and showed me some ‘trick of the trade' in sound and video editing that I would have mastering technological innovations, without becoming friends with someone who has a disparate skill set than my own, I would have never learned about the work that goes into producing a television broadcast.
Secondly, choosing friends that are different has challenged me to reassess my own world-view. My best friend growing up in the United States was a recent immigrant from South Korea. His family was a traditional Korean family, espousing communal values over individualistic ones, and promoting tradition and respect before innovation. Being American, however, I was raised with an individualistic attitude toward most aspect of life. Rather than ask for help, I would often struggle to overcome the challenge myself. Spending time in my Korean friend's home made me ponder the opposing world views of ‘communalism' and ‘individualism'. I eventually came to the conclusion that incorporating a bit of each perspective in my life would provide me with the greatest balance.
In conclusion, I prefer choosing friends that are dissimilar from me. Having such friends has allowed me to learn from the skills that they have that I do not share.
In addition, choosing friends who are different from me has helped me realize that opposing approaches to viewing and interacting in the world can be blended into a harmonious, personal world-view. Friends are vital to life. Having friends that are diverse is both a challenge and a joy, two factors that help provide a rich and rewarding life.
選擇性格跟自己既要有相似又要有不同的地方是很困難的，朋友就是可以有很多相似之處並且提供一個共同的目標和生活的方式。朋友有很大的區別，而另一方面，可以擴展一個人的思維，前所未有的開放我們的思想。
儘管雙方都持有有力的論據，我更喜歡我的朋友跟我性格有所不同。首先，我們可以從一個性格不同的朋友身上學到很多。例如，我有一個朋友，雖然不是跟我一樣具有學者風度，但是個技術高手。他在電視新聞台向人們展示他們的節目。
在另一方面，具有技術上的挑戰。雖然我的技術相對弱一些，在朋友的帶領下，我學會了聲音和視頻編輯，並且掌握了技術上的一些創新的“訣竅”，沒有擁有不同技能的朋友，我應該也不會接觸到電視廣播的工作。
其次，選擇性格不同的朋友對重新審視自我的世界觀是具有挑戰的。我的朋友從韓國移民到美國，並在美國長大。他的家庭是一個傳統的韓國家庭，在個人主義的人信奉共同價值觀，創新才推動傳統和尊重。身為美國人，但我提出與對生活的大多數方面的個人主義的態度。與其求人，我常常會努力克服的挑戰自己。在我的韓國朋友家花時間讓我思考'地方自治主義“和”個人主義“的對立的世界觀。我最終得出的結論是結合我生命中的每一點角度會為我提供了的平衡。
最後，我寧願選擇朋友是跟我性格有差異的。有這樣的朋友也讓我學到不同的技能。
此外，選擇性格不同於自己的朋友可以幫助我認識到，反面的方法來觀察和世界的互動可融合成一個和諧的，個人的世界觀。朋友是人生至關重要的。擁有不同性格的朋友既是挑戰同時也是一個樂趣，兩個因素有助於提供一個豐富而有意義的生活。