My Academic Experience: The Struggles Of Peer Pressure

Throughout my teen years I have solved many problems. Some problems are more important to me than others. One problem that is significant to me that I have solved is peer pressure. It is significant to me because it is a problem I wanted to solve before I entered adulthood. This problem has caused many disadvantages in different aspects of my life. Through prayers, help, and support I have become my own person.
The struggles of peer pressure were first noticed when I began high school. I wanted to do everything that all of my friends were doing. Peer pressure affected my academic performance. Peer pressure got to me so badly that I talked to my counselor and had all of my classes changed and made sure I had every class with my friends. The …show more content…
They were disappointed in me for letting this go on and for not practicing my religion in public, which teaches you to be nice and modest all the times. My parents were right, I couldn’t argue with one thing that they said. I knew I had to help myself get away from these girls, but I didn’t know how. I thought of changing schools, but I knew I would just follow other girls. I decided to join a school online that way I can learn without peer pressure. My parents put me in this online school but it only helped in the beginning. In the beginning my grades picked up and my attitude changed tremendously. I was nicer to people, I got along with my family, and I attended the religious services at our local mosque. Then I began to follow my friend’s social media accounts. This is where it got worse again. I began once again to fail classes, argued with my family, and even stop dressing up as a Muslim. My parents made me delete my social media accounts and we moved to a different town. I wasn’t allowed to communicate with these girls. This did eliminate peer pressure. I started talking to other Muslim girls who went to school and they told me their troubles and how they overcame them. They also shared with me some of the people they followed on social media that was cool for all Muslim girls to follow. They reach out to girls who struggle, because they once struggled. I …show more content…
I decided that if you try to be like other people your whole life, then you will never know who you really are. It took a lot for me to be different than everyone else but I am happy that I am. Being you is what makes you unique. Society makes you believe that a certain style is cool and that everyone should have that style. What is unique about style, is that it comes differently no matter who you are. Dress codes and nice things do not make a person, attitude and you being you makes a person. I am so happy I joined this school and was able to be myself and find out who I really was. I dress up as a Muslim and I treat all people how a Muslim is supposed to treat people with kindness no matter who they are. My grades are spectacular and my family is happy with me. I was able to be myself even though many odds were against me. My journey is not over yet the university I plan to attend is located in my old town where peer pressure affected me the most. I feel that I have overcome all of my issues and that I will be myself regardless of what everyone else thinks or says. I am so thankful for the prayers, help and the support of my