Students do not recognize the effect or impact of their fellow peers around them. Once two people come together and interact, they may each learn something about the other peer they encountered. For example Mr. Armstrong interacts with his fellow peer, Ms. Macdonald and learns that she teaches Romeo and Juliet in a more simple way. He asks Ms. Macdonald if he could use her teaching plan. She agreed and Mr. Armstrong liked Ms. Macdonald's teaching plan, and started to incorporate it more. However, those that are around us is a row of domino's. Once one goes down, so does the rest. Those who have a relation to the one that fell down, can either try and help them up or tend to be dragged down with them. As an example, Jade had a terrible day that had an impact on the rest of her week. It left her upset.. Her sister Maddie tried to cheer her up by giving her hugs and making silly jokes, but nothing cheered Jade up. Maddie had given up and stormed off frustrated in a foul mood. We often do not recognize just how much of an effect or impact that our fellow peers have on us.
Students often do not realize the impact from the friendship they make, because they are caught up in the distraction of the present experience. It is not until a disagreement or misunderstanding turns into conflict and confrontation. For example, this conflict could arise when having a friend that is dishonest about their initial intentions and has deceived the other person. This in consequence can bring the negative emotions and unintentional actions onto another person. They may also start criticizing that friend and bringing up their weaknesses during the confrontation. This can leave the other friend vulnerable and in a defensive state. Another point can be made that students