Do You Not Understand The Meaning Of No?
So in life skills we learned about how peer pressure is something that happens everwhere you go. You could be peer pressured into cheating, doing drugs, drinking etc. Have you ever been peer pressured? I’m going to bet 99% of you have. You May not have known it was peer pressure but if someone still asking for you to do something, after you have said no, and you just give in, thats peer pressure. I can guess that an average person is peer pressured into doing something maybe once a day, or every other day.
So why do kids just give in once they have already stood their ground saying no? A good friend of mine; Bella said when I asked her the question.. Are kids pressured into doing things that they really don’t want to do? Explain. : “Yes its called peer pressure and sometimes people do it to impress other people. It’s ususally not something they’d really like to do. It’s kinda like in the movie, ‘Shes The Man’. ” I think Bella has a point. I myself can relate to this. Sometimes when I’m with all my friends, they all want to go walk way down the train tracks where we arn’t really supposed to be, and I know that its fun to do, but I guess I’m just a chicken and scared of getting in trouble. But I do it just to make my friends happy and so they don’t get mad at me.
My relationship to this problem goes along with what my friend Ryley said. ” Their friends may do it so they want to stick with them and not feel abandoned, lonley, or sad.” Ryley I believe is 100% correct. I think the reason that I usually go with them is because I don’t want them to get mad at me if I don’t go.
Teenager years are the hardest years in life. I know this because I am one, a young one, but I’m still a teenager, and peer pressure is EVERYWHERE you look. It’s like one of those annoying fly’s in the summer. It’s always there and it’s so hard to kill. Life without peer pressure would be so much easier, but then again, it makes life interesting.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:46 am
HEY SARA1
i liked the way you wrote this but i also agree with ryley that kids give into peer pressure because they feel like their friends all do something so they do it too so they don’t feel abandoned or lonely. I know that’s ussually 75% of the reasons why i always end up giving into peer pressure.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Hahahahahahahahhahahaha, oh god. THanks kate(:
May 13th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Hi Sara(:
I think that you wrote this in a really strong way that showed how kids do truly get pressured into doing things by their peers, especially by using an example that happened to yourself, Ryley’s Opinion, and Bella’s opinion. Also, the simile you used related really good and fit in well. Lastly, I completely agree with what your opinion is on peer pressure as well as the students opinions you used as examples.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:52 am
heeeyy saraa(:. I like your writing a lot, it’s very detailed and good and fun to read. I also have to agree with Kate and Ryley that kids do give into a lot of peer presure because fo what their friends tell them to do. I agree with kate too on how I mostly give into peer presure because of my friends.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:55 am
good job Sara, I think you stated your opinion clearly, and you did a great job. I liked how you quoted what people had said during class, when they were responding to your question. ALSO, I loved how you gave an example of you being peer pressured into doing something. NICE JOB (=
May 13th, 2010 at 11:11 am
I liked how you wrote about your own personal experiences with peer pressure. The thing about killing the fly was good too. You said it makes life interesting, but would you be willing to have life be less interesting if it could get rid of peer pressure? I don’t think it’s really possible to be rid of it completely because like you said, we are pressured into something on a daily basis. Anywayy it was really good:)
May 13th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Sara, I agree with what you said on this. If no one ever gave into peer pressure, it just wouldn’t be human. Everyone does it even if they later regret it whether it’s to fit in, or to prove something to someone. Sometimes it’s just to make other people happy. Good job!
May 13th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Thaank Yoouu Guyyss