Peer pressure

This assignment presented a bit of a challenge, as it has been slightly over three decades since being a young teen. Also, since books were a significant portion of my life growing up and I was an advanced reader, it remains nearly impossible to isolate, which of the life altering books I read, at which stages of my life. Gone with the Wind, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, To Kill a Mockingbird, Little Women, Diary of Anne Frank, Westmark, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Island of the Blue Dolphins; it…

embroiled in his own inner and external war. First, he struggles with his self worth; next, he succumbs to peer pressure; and finally he loses his innocence. Although difficult, these struggles shape him into a more mature person. First, Gene struggles with self…

halls just rushing straight to class so I could either read a book or draw. This continued to about tenth grade. While this makes it sound like I didn't have any friends that wouldn't be true during lunch I talked to a group of six or seven girls. Peer pressure was something I thought about very little about and when I think about it now people opinions are not something I care too much about. One thing you learn just by looking around…

All of us have peer groups or friends that we always get along and hang out with. However, at some point of our lives, we tried and did crazy stuffs that we regret because you, yourself, know at that point it is wrong but still did it because of peer pressure. Then what is peer pressure? Peer pressure is when a person cannot decide for oneself and just depend of what their friends’ decision is. It is being very dependent on your friends that a simple decision can be hard to decide if alone. For…

Someone once said, "Wise people choose their friends carefully." I believe that our friends and peers may have a positive or negative influence on us. If you're pressured into doing something wrong, then that's negative. On the other hand, if you're pressured into doing something beneficial, then that would be positive. An example of peer pressure being negative can be found in the novel "Cirque Du Freak." In the book, a boy is pressured to go to an event that he knew he shouldn't have been at.…

teaching that many people are not aware of. Middle schoolers are adolescents that are dealing so many issues that many of us aren’t even aware.One is dealing with peer pressure. In Coming of Age, a student, Ethan speaks about how peer pressure caused him to do things his parents wouldn’t want him to do. So, not only is there pressure from other students but from family and teachers as well. Also, these same students have issues…

The peer pressure plays an important part in others going with the program, if others are following the instruction then some individual just following along.Most people are too busy trying to fit in a group situation, not bringing notice to the fact they disagree…

newborn son Telemachus, Odysseus overcomes many difficulties; Polyphemus, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, . Also, most of the skills that Odysseus obtained are still relevant in today’s world. Odysseus and I have both needed to decide whether peer pressure is a positive or negative situation, before making a decision that could possibly help us to be more successful. For example, Odysseus is with the “Lotus Eaters, who showed [them] no harm, only offering the sweet Lotus to [their] friends”…

Peer pressure by definition is how different members of peer groups influence each other. These pressures take hold when we choose to adopt these new behaviors. Although we learn at a young age to avoid these new pressures, it is still hard to identify the pressures and how to resist it. It is often even harder to admit and to identify the bad influences in one's life. That is where myself and Charlie from “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” begin to have things in common. In “The Perks of Being…

Peer Pressure in Youth smoking 19 years old Jamil living in the Azerbaijan said that “I want to share this with other teens, please, do not do what I did. I started smoking at my friend’s house when I was 15. We would have an important exam after five days and for preparing this exam including me- six boys gathered in my friend’s house. After doing some practice tests, my friend started to smoke for releasing from the stress. I did not want to be out of the group. I was addicted. I wish…