The first reason is Loyal. It will follow the owner, don’t go any way, but you don’t with it to have a walk for a long time, when you open the door,it will run away, because it want free, but if you always walk with it. It will help you to look after the house.

         The second reason is cute. Like my dog Winnie , he always want me to play with him, and always let me Scratching the belly to him, and the most cutest thing is his eye (because he’s one eye is broken , it feels me very sad), because his eye is cuter than I can’t describe it.

         The third reason is clean. Also like Winnie, he didn’t want me to wish him, he never go to dirt part of ground.

         If you want me to choose again about cats and dogs, I just give a answer: I like dogs and I never change my answer. 

                  By: Angelina Li

            Everyone has friends. Your mom, dad, siblings,…all of them have friends. But the question is, are they good friends? Or, are you a good friend to them? You know the precept ‘Have no friends not equal to yourself’? It means to think of yourself as equal to you, just as good in a different way. I have a question: Do you think it’s right or wrong? Usually I’m against sappy stuff, but in this case, I might make an exception. So think, if your friend thinks your not as good as he/she is, they might be a little mean to you, or think slightly mean thoughts about you. No one wants that! Or, if you’re mean to them they might stop being friends with you, or, if you do groupwork in class, and you don’t know something, and they happen to know, and they can teach you, or if you realize you need your friends, and they don’t help you because you’ve always thought yourself too good to help them. Anyway, I guess I’m on the ‘right’ side, then. I’ll be counting on my persuasion skills to convince you too! (If you’re on the ‘wrong’ side)

            I’m guessing group work is important to class, right? When you choose your friends as a team, you’ve got to value their skill. For one, think of this: Person 1 is good at math, Person 2 is great at English, and Person 3 aces Chinese. But they are each good where the others are bad. When that happens, if you put 1+2+3 it equals great at everything. If you think you’re better than everyone, when you really get into trouble, what happens? They don’t help (unless they’re super nice). Take my own friend Charissa for example: she’s smart and everything, (personally, I think she’s smarter than me, but whatever) but she’s never mean to me, either. Instead, she helps me and I help her. The two of us have a friendly relationship, with small arguments once in a while, but not too many.  This type of relationship is, for me, the best. So here’s the thing: You should let your friends’ talents help you, and do the same for them.

            New thing: If you don’t want to lose your friend, remember their values and treat them equally (In other words: You might lose your friends if you don’t treat them equally). I’ll explain. There’s this other saying, ‘Treat others the way you want to be treated’. In this case, it’s its quite similar. If you think your friends are bad, you probably treat them a little badly, then they’ll probably get mad and then turn on you, leaving you with no friends. (I, personally, am not too good with that, though I think I can also stand it) I’m not sure if anyone else wants that, but I don’t! Like the book “Wonder” in the book, Jack told Julian that he would rather die than be friends with Auggie, Auggie heard, and got mad, and decided to stop being friends with Jack. (I know that afterwards the book said Jack didn’t know why he said it to Julian and they were friends again, but if you cut out the back, it’s a great example)

            Another reason is that you need your friends. Not just to play together (Though that’s also important), but to help you do things. Like when you do a project that needs two people and you join up with your friend, that lets both of you have something to do, and it lets you both show your talents. Or when you do homework and you find a question you don’t know the answer of, and your friend knows the answer, he/she can teach you how to do it. That helps your grade improve, and everyone likes that. One time, While everyone was on vacation for three days, me and my friend in Harrow did our homework together. We both had a lot of homework for vacation, so we did it together. We had so many questions we didn’t know, in the end, we just tried to figure it out until she got annoyed and asked me to help. I said I would if she helped me, and that’s how we ended up teaching each other how to do the other’s work. You know, your friends really are important.

            In conclusion, it’s important to be good, but your friends are as good as you too.

Your friends can let their own talents help you when you’re stuck depending on whether you’re usually good to them. Also, if you don’t treat them equally, they might decide not to be friends with you anymore, and though you can always find more friends, if you have that attitude, they won’t be friends anymore. my last reason is that you need your friends, they can help you with many things, and keep you company when you’re lonely or bored. So, in the end, treat your friends equally, okay? Because I really don’t want to explain again!