I think it’s some kind of important to keep in contact with your old friends because when life takes you and you get older and something’s changed in your life I think the base and the true personality you have, the ones they know it and accept it no matter how you change they will still accept you the way you are and I think due to the presence of technology you can easily keep contact with your friends either with videos like FaceTime or phones so it’s easily to keep contact with them and of course it is a skill to how to keep a friend even if it’s an old friend or a new friend keeping a friend is a hard job that you have to have the consistent in doing you have to do the right things always and be beside them in order to always keep this friendship going
Band 7+: Friendship • How important is it for people to stay in contact with friends they made at school? • Is it easier to keep contact with friends nowadays due to technology? • Would you consider maintaining a close friendship over several years to be a skill?
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I think it's important to keep in contact with your old friends because as life changes and you get older, the core of your true personality remains. Those friends know and accept you, no matter how you change; they will still accept you the way you are. I think due to the presence of technology, you can easily keep in contact with your friends, either through video calls like FaceTime or phones, so it's easy to stay connected with them. Of course, it is a skill to maintain a friendship, whether it's an old friend or a new friend. Keeping a friend is a challenging task that requires consistency. You have to do the right things and be there for them in order to keep this friendship going.
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