LEARNING TASK 3

Friendship
By Josephine Dastas
I. Introduction
Background
Friendship is the best thing that we ever had. There are lots of good definitions about
friends/ friendships and we have those in our heart. We cannot succeed in life without them; their
support and caring relieves us in every ups and downs of our life. The topic that I will discuss is
all about friends/ friendship: some of the different types of friends and the benefits that we get
from friendship. Out of many excellent definition of friendship, for me it is the best relationship of
all.
Thesis Statement
Friendship is the best thing that we ever had.

II. Body
A. Major Support 1
Fair Weather Friends
i. Minor Support
The fair weather friends like to enjoy your company when you're up but ran like wind when
you are down. For example, perhaps you won a lotto jackpot but eventually it vanished.
ii. Minor Support
Fair weather friends get attached with you when you are up and full of life but depart from
you when they have nothing to dig up from you.
B. Major Support 2
Dirty Scoop Friends
iii. Minor Support
These are friends that aren't friends at all.
iv. Minor Support
The best scenario that describes this kind of friend is when you tell someone a secret and
you will be surprised when the nation surrounds you knows it. Be careful with those kinds of
friends.
C. Major Support 3
True Friends
v. Minor Support
These are friends that are with us when we are down. They may be our best friends or
closest friends who give a real concern for us.
vi. Minor Support
"These real friends are like blood, they come out when we are wounded".

III. Conclusions
Those were the different types of friends: Fair weather, Dirty Scoop, and true friends that
we can relate of and have encountered as well. No matter what our perceptions about we are still
human that needs friends to go through in life. According to the Chinese Proverb: "At home one
relies on parents; away from home one relies on friends." We are blessed to have good friends
because of the advantages they brought to us.
The following are some of the health benefits we get from friendship: Increased life span,
lower rates of depression, lower levels of distress, and better psychological and physical well-
being. With the benefits of friendship, you can live longer along with the positive emotions they
shared to us and feel young. Together with the positive friends we have, we can be physically
able to deal with those illnesses and stresses in our life and stay well. If we want to be happier,
we've got to spend at least some time around happy people (which are our friends) because
laughter is contagious and the best medicine. It turns out that even the simple act of seeing
someone smile is likely to make us smile or scientists call this as empathetic mimicry. Those were
some of the health benefits that we can acquire from friendship. We got the happiness and support
from our friends when we need it; and bringing out the best on us. And the best of all are the
lessons that we learn from them that make us stronger in every downs of our life.
But as I end this speech, I want to share to you and reflect on this quotation: "the greatest
value of having good friends is not what you get from them, but the better person you become
because of them".