A good friend won't let you get high but a bad influence does not care about your safety. A good friend like aime will back you up on resonable things but a bad influence will just say lets go to the bar. A good friend can make you laugh when your depressed and he/she will keep a secret if you tell them. A bad influence will bring drugs to school and he/she will put it in your drink.
Being youself is junic. If you pertend to be something your not people will find out and they won't like you. If you could axcept yourself for who you are you'll eventualy find good friends who like for the real you. If you bottle yourself up and pretend to be somthing your not sonner or later you will let it out. My advice is just to be yourself becase you won't gain anything if you lie to yourself.
Anything that you could learn from is education. School is not the only place to learn. You could learn alot from tv,relatives,and your parents. Education is the most importing thing you can have besides your parents. Education is good because you can get a good job and pay for all the food and shelter instead of your parents. If you get a good education you can get alot of money and you won't be homeless.