Friends can affect learning
This photo was taken to represent the way students affect friends learning.
September 25, 2018
According to Reflective Teaching.co.uk, “One of the matters raised by students consultation is the fact that students’ learning is greatly affected by their friendships. The effect that friends have on learning can be both good and bad.

Mr.Gonzalez, a Dobie substitute teacher, believes that it is good for students to have friends. In fact he said “Sure it’s good for students to have friends it helps them learn.” He also believed that students can be on there phones at night if there parents let them, because they could use it to study. Mr. Gonzalez said most friends communicate using phones, so this becomes a distraction. “At the middle school age students are addicted to their phones; they are on there phones about 60% of the time, and in high school it is about 80% of the time, it’s horrible.”

When students have friends in their classroom it can get distracting. “Students know that there supposed to come to school to learn, but if you have so much friends it gets distracting because they want to go look for their friends,” Gonzalez said. “If students have friends in there class they get tempted to get of topic, but it all depends on the student.”
Cliodna Kelly, an 8th grader, said friends can be easier to work with. ”When you’re in class and there is group work most people work better with friends than strangers.”
Another 8th grader named Destiny Beasley, said friends can distract you. “You get distracted easily and they talk to you which distracts you from the lesson which has to do with work,” she said.
Ali Graham said her friends affect her learning. “I stay up on my phone until 11:00 usually texting my friends, watching videos, and checking my Insta feed. I also hang out with my friends a lot, we kinda just sleepover all the time and we stay up so late,” she said.
When Graham is at school she prefers to have friends around. “It’s better to have friends in your classes because then I get to work with people I know and goof of with them. I also come to school to hang out with friends, but I still care about learning because I like some of my teachers. I don’t think my friends affect my learning in a negative way!” she said.
Silvia Makori • Nov 29, 2018 at 5:47 pm
Thank you guys for all the support on this article, I really wanted to capture all the different views and it feels as if I have accomplished that. I will definitely work on more articles, Thanks again
Jose Bermudez • Sep 28, 2018 at 2:57 pm
My question is how do students get distracted so easily with their friend around.
Aaron Garcia • Sep 28, 2018 at 2:54 pm
I really like the article overall and the quotes! Very useful article.
Julius Torres • Sep 28, 2018 at 2:46 pm
I believe you are right about friends being distracting. You are right about them interfering with learning experience, but I also agree that friends could help with school work. I like your article. You should really make more. 🙂
Ava Hunter • Sep 28, 2018 at 1:15 pm
This is true. Friends and other students can be distracting to on another by there actions.
Aliana Graham • Sep 28, 2018 at 11:11 am
Depending on what kind of student you are, friends CAN affect learning, but for some students it doesn’t
Mariah Biache • Sep 28, 2018 at 10:59 am
I like the article and what it talked about. I agree that it is a struggle to have friends in school with all the work we get,but they make school more fun to go to and plus we need to socialize with others.
Zoe Zarycki • Sep 28, 2018 at 10:58 am
I agree with this article friends can affect learning. Im glad you write about this because its very accurate, and you got student and teacher opinions. Do you think things would be better or worse if we focused on school more then friends?
Trevor Thomas • Sep 28, 2018 at 10:49 am
i love the artical and to be honest having friends makes school harder like if you have math homework but instead you skype with friends till 12:00 and when you get to school the net day your math isnt done so you get a zero.
Jade Munson • Sep 28, 2018 at 10:48 am
I think it’s a great idea to have friends at school, because school is all about learning and having fun doing it so, having friends is a great asset.
Gabby S. • Sep 28, 2018 at 10:47 am
I really like the pictures and the theme of this article. Nicely done!
Paul Hodo • Sep 28, 2018 at 10:46 am
it is good to put this in teachers and student to tell them this