I met this guy at Korean school. Well, not really “meet” because he also goes to my church and school with me and I’ve seen him around for awhile now. Anyways, we started talking and he’s pretty cool. He plays the guitar and when I told him I took classical guitar lessons, we started talking. He told me he really loves music. I told him I’ve been wanting to quit the guitar and he just said I need to find an instrument that speaks to me, you know? An instrument that is more suited towards me or something that I can get really passionate about. He suggested the drums because he knows I beat-box (the school talent show) and knows I’ve got rhythm. I said didn’t own drums and wouldn’t be able to try it out or practice but he said that the school has a set – cool, huh? I don’t know, we’ll see what happens. I guess there’s no harm in trying it out when school starts again.
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Peers are a big part of an adolescent's life. We see from this that John's new friend Tim is able to influence him to pursue music. This can be a form of observational learning.