The Power Of  Friends.
It beats me every time I think of how much the company we keep ends up influencing our behavioral patterns. Maybe its because I was once an experiment, or maybe its just my own perception, either ways I have discovered to a large that extent it truly does. Sometimes we say to ourselves " I have a mind of my own, or I'm not easily influenced" but in the long run the company you keep would tell on you. I remember in my early years of high school  when I fell into the wrong company, I was once told by my best friend who discovered earlier that I was beginning to move with the wrong group. But I would usually give the exact same excuse "I have a mind of my own". After a couple months I discovered my grades started dropping and my interest in school work quickly deteriorated. I took out time to think about what I was doing wrong only to discover that it was the nonchalant attitude of my new friends that had rubbed of on me. I quickly took steps that led me back to the right path. With this I have come to understand that, the company you keep would either make you or mar you.