Getting advice from friends (peers) VS older people Hi! I'm TOEFL beginner. I'm trying to practice my writing alone. If possible, I would like to get help from you about my grammer and vocabulary. I would also appreciate any other advice you may have. Many thanks! 2. Getting advice from friends (peers) VS older people All people inevitably face some problems during their life time. In the most of cases, they can solve their problem by themselves, but sometimes they can't. If they become stagnant to one problem for a long time, it can be very helpful to seek advice from others. There are many people who can give us a advice around us including friends, peers and older people. I think it's better to take advices from older people if we can choose just one adviser. They have experienced a lot, so they may have had same problem as ours. They have already overcome same worries as mine and already know and understand my difficulty. They may also predict some of the consequences of my choices. So we can get more practical advices from older people than people in same ages with me. Of course, older people may not be able to sympathize with my situation unlike my friends. Because they was living in different generation as me, exchanging opinions is a little difficult in the culture like my country where the order is determined by age. But if we are seeking realistic advice rather than an exchange of emotions, complete emotional sympathy may be unnecessary. The essence of problem is always the same across the ages and in all countries of the world. The same problem always repeats. Though there are minor differences, we can handle older people's advices as a good lesson and actively cope with that. The choice is up to ourselves. Talking with a friend is considerably efficient in terms of emotional exchange, but the question about effectiveness remains. In conclusion, effective advice based on older people's failure and success will be very helpful to our choice relative to friends in a similar process as me.