IELTS Essay-Relationship

Our relationships with work colleagues or classmates are as important to our happiness as our relationship with our family. To extent do you agree or disagree?

It is argued that relationships with work or study colleagues have as impacts on people's happiness as relationships with family members. I agree with this statement because a mojority of people spend most of time with co-workers or school friends and those colleagues have many in common.

First, for ordinary people, many hours a day are spent in firms or educational institutions. They talk and share ideas more with colleagues while working or studying together. Therefore, the healthier relationships are built with colleagues, the more time people spend enjoyably. A recent study found that 90% of people spend more time outside rather than home.

Second, people who work or study together have many common grounds. For students, they usually study the same subjects and their goals are similar. Moreover, co-workers work together for the same companies' benefits. Thus, they possibly understand each other because they toward the same goals. According to a recent research, more than a half of people consult with work or school colleagues when they are in troubles because they can be easily understood without explanations of details.

In conclusion. establishing good relationships with class mates or co-workers is as crucial as family relationships as people mostly have time working and studying. Furthermore, when people study or working together, they have many things in common and understand each other more.