"Boy-girl relationships between students from top schools and those from neighbourhood schools are doomed to fail." Do you agree with this view?

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Boy-girl relationships are all about young love, having fun with the opposite sex and learning how to deal with relationships. It is usually harmless and it is natural. These relationships are usually based on looks, interests and social reputation. But stereo-typing becomes part of it, outsiders tend to condemn them based on external appearances. An example of this would be the argument that "boy-girl relationships between students from top schools and those from neighbourhood schools are doomed to fail." Before I make my stand on this, I will view it from both sides.

If I were to agree with the view, I'll say that one factor that contributes to the 'doom' factor would be the social circle. Students from neighbourhood schools tend to mix with company that are more relaxed, in a sense that, they do not study that much or do their homework as often or even not doing well in their tests and examinations.

They prefer to hang out at shopping malls, wasting their time window-shopping. Some of them prefer to sit under the flats and just talk with their friends or play cards with them. Students from top schools, on the other hand, are more geared towards their studies and academic performance. They would spend most of their time revising, studying and doing their homework. They would only relax when they have finished studying or doing their homework. Most of the time, these students would just watch the television or listen to the radio or play computer games. From here, we can see that the students from top and neighbourhood schools lead two totally different lifestyles. So when one from either side were to get into a relationship, it would be quite difficult to work out since both are entering into another lifestyle that is so different...