Argumentative Essay On Peer Pressure

Pressure, a thorn in the side of every student. In The Boat by Alistair MacLeod. While pressure may be beneficial, too much pressure may result in unhealthy amounts of stress. For as long as I could remember, my parents placed a strong emphasis on my academic success. Stereotypically, they decided I would become a doctor and expected me to get good grades. They simply expected me to do well in school. In third grade, I was consistently scoring perfect on my spelling tests, however, once I scored a measly 3/5 and my parents spent a whole hour yelling at me, telling me that I had to stop playing video games and read more books. Everyday, I feel the pressure radiating from my parents. This is similar to the narrator’s situation, he’s being pressured

What do these all have in common? All these people pressure you in some way. They pressure you to desire to be perfect, to be skinny, pretty, good at singing, to have lots of money. Peer Pressure is when your friends/group influences you to do good or bad. Peer pressure is involved everywhere in songs, movies, poems, novels, etc. Peer pressure negatively affects a lot of teens today because of how social media supports us causing depression and bad decisions.

The peer pressure I experienced in my early childhood through my brother and his friends was more along the lines of, “are you brave enough to swim across that pond or be the first to try out the makeshift zipline we created?” That zipline story actually occurred and when that line broke I received a swift lesson about gravity and wound up shattering my left elbow. I ended up having reconstructive surgery on my elbow and had to wear an enormous cast for six months. Do you think that taught me the hazards of giving in to peer pressure? Nope. This pressure continued through high school and the technical college I attended; although, it mainly manifested through alcohol consumption and the poor decisions that followed. I no longer engage in the social behaviors that my friends and family think that I should abide by. I stopped drinking alcohol and started eating a whole-food plant based diet much to their disbelief. I received untold amounts of criticism for adopting this healthy lifestyle; however, it opened my eyes to people’s insecurities about

Peer pressure influences teenagers in a few different ways, such as ditching, drinking, and drugs. I think Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of “Speak,” is saying is that in young teenagers’ lives, they are forced to participate in actions that they do not want to take part in.

Hormonal, impulsive, influential: these are the words that have stuck with teens for hundreds of years. It’s been ingrained in human society that teenagers are supposed to be hormonal, impulsive, and easily influenced by their parents and friends. It’s seen in plays, literature, movies, and television shows. With this label, comes questions. Adults have been asking the same question for years: where does this behavior come from? Now scientists might have an answer.

The term “fitting in” holds different meanings to different people. To some people, to “fit in” means to feel comfortable in a particular group of friends. To some people, to “fit in” means to feel that you belong, or to be like others. To some people, “fitting in” may even mean nothing.

During the teenage period, the teenagers don’t have a fixed thought. They think differently than the oldest in age. It may be that teenagers in the same age have the same thoughts about life; it’s a difficult period of the lifetime. Peer and friends have an influence on the teenagers. Their peers teach and give bad advices to them. Some peers give pressure or influence other teenagers ,for instance, to drink and go to parties and do things that are not proper. It’s really similar to the “Speak” book and what Laurie Halse Anderson wants us to understand from her written book and how peer pressure affects teenagers. By reading this book, we can be more careful all the time and do not listen to peer.

There are around 365 days in a year, and in a school year, there are around 180 days. From the beginning of the school year to the end, the most common thing that students least like, is homework. Coming home after a long day of school, then having responsibilities to do at home, not to mention some students have after school activities which take up around 2 hours if not more. Homework for students is a barrier that makes it difficult for them to have any kind of social life, or spend time with their family. There are many reasons why students shouldn’t have homework, during this essay people will learn why having homework isn’t helping the student, except making things more difficult for them.

I have loved competition ever since a young age. I have several friends that I love to compete with. We compete every day, whether it is sports or if it in school games. We have been competing for as long as I can remember. Although my friends and I believe that competition is a great thing at school, some parents and schools are trying to argue that we should remove competition from school. They believe that kids can get hurt, but a child can get hurt just as likely to get hurt walking up the stairs as they are playing sports. Other people believe that a child’s self esteem is lowered when they lose. If a child doesn’t learn how to take loss then he or she will never be prepared in the real world. We have to allow these kids to compete

In today’s society individuals see taking steroids as a choice made by the individual as a way to enhance their performance. However, in “We, the Public, Place the best Athletes on a Pedestals”, William Moller, the author, argues that the pressure from others can lead to the abuse of steroids.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, peer pressure is defined as “a feeling that one must do the same things as other people of one's age and social group in order to be liked or respected by them.” Due to a student’s desire to be in the group, peer pressure among college students especially those freshmen students is formidable where drinking alcoholic beverages can be done (Palmeri, 2016). Newly enrolled students in college, also known to be the freshmen, are those people who are in urge of meeting up new people or being part of a certain group. And because of that, those freshmen will adapt the environment, habit and behavior of the group in order to become part of it, even if it means drinking

Albert Einstein once said, "Everybody is a genius... But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid". Unfortunately, most school systems depict this quote. They judge a significant amount of the population by their ability to answer a few questions. They rate them with letters and numbers, and force students to be represented by these letters and numbers for the rest of their lives. The school system doesn't only do that, but they force people to believe that they are useless and much more. Our system is severely flawed and it is affecting children and teenagers in obscene ways, so action must be taken to change some factors.

Peer pressure, a term that may or may not have affected you when you were a teenager but as a teenager myself, peer pressure has definitely made an impact on my life, be it good and bad. In the age of 10 to 19, teenagers tend to have the most difficult times. Teenagers feel peer pressure everyday in their lives, whether it’s in school or outside. During the teenage period, teens try to find their identity and differentiate from their parents by joining peer groups and sometimes these peer groups may offer bad advices and negative choices to teens. In this essay I will argue that peer pressure is not good for self-development based on my researches and understandings.

Almost everyone has experienced peer pressure at least once in their lifetime,either on a small scale or a large one, in a positive or a negative way. Peer pressure is simply when someone gets you to do something. It is quite easy to get influenced by peer pressure (especially in the teenage years) because everyone wants to fit in and not be left out. Teens sometimes give into peer pressure by doing risky things. Correct friends -are more likely to- play more safe decisions in general. People, usually teens, tend to hang out with other teens with a few similarities ,for example, a study by researchers at the Columbia University proclaims that teens are six times more likely to have had a drink if their friends often drink alcohol. So, if there

I have loved competition ever since a young age. I have several friends that I love to compete with. We compete everyday, whether it is sports or if it in school games. We have been competing for as long as I can remember. Although my friends and I believe that competition is a great thing at school, some parents and schools are trying to argue that we should remove competition from school. They believe that kids can get hurt, but a child can get hurt just as easily walking up the stairs as they can playing sports. Other people believe that a child’s self esteem is lowered when they lose. If a child doesn’t learn how to take loss then he or she will never be prepared for the real world. We have to allow these kids to compete with each other or they may never learn some necessary things for the real world. The three reasons I believe that competition is good in school is because it allows children to work together as a team, it helps children stay active, and it makes kids strive to be better.