friends Nowadays, people argue about they should be more focus on continuing with old friends or developing new friends. From my opinions, I think making new friends is important for a person. Admittedly, old friends are important for everyone. We experience and share good or bad memories with old friends, while new friends will never know what we have experienced unless we told them.When it comes to new friends, there will always be awkward moments when they do not know your habit and make small mistakes that old friends will never make. However, everyone is independent and as we grow up or move around, old friends cannot always stay by our side. As a result, the ability to develop new friendship when moving to an unfamiliar environment or arriving to a new life stage is very important for an individual. Take myself as an example. When I left my home town and attended college, though I miss my old friends in my home town, I knew I have to get use to the new environment and make new friends. Nobody wants to be alone. So we need to make new friends.  Also, making new friends can enlarge our social circle which cannot be done if we only focus on communicating with old friends. Social circle is really important as we enter the society. It means information and opportunities. For instance, when you are finding a new job, a large social circle enables you to exchange useful information and you might find a good opporunity just through the information comes from your friends. But if you only have old friends and never enlarge your friends circle, you might lose all those oppotunities. All in all, I agree that new friends are important for people. We should always try to make new friends.