Peer Pressure can mould a student.docx

Peer Pressure can mould a student’s life. (disagree)

"Peer Pressure is an influence that creates or the desire for change." Most students agree that they will follow a peer's decision rather than their parents' or the authority's. Peers are more influential in a student's life and tend to have more power than parents. Peer  pressure has always been present and will also always be present. Peer pressure can be defined as a social pressure put on one of the members in a group of friends to behave, think and act to ways that are acceptable a cceptable in their respective group. Everything in this world has its  pros and cons and so does peer pressure. In many cases, mostly students students gain negatives effects more than the positive ones. Hence, peer pressure brings negative effects on students as it cultivates bad habits, instils bad decision-making and leads to loss of identity in a student’s life. Bad habits are cultivated among students who experienced peer pressure. Students are likely to adopt adopt a certain kind of lifestyle when under immense pressure. Some people are very much fortunate to live a luxurious lifestyle. Among a group of friends, there must be at least one of the members that live an ordinary lifestyle. In the case of peer pressure, the unfortunates would go to the extent where they are willing to sacrifice just to keep up with the rest of the group members. Besides that, peer pressure is the culprit in creating drug addicts. Students sometimes feel pressured and tensed te nsed due to many factors. Unlucky for those who befriended people who are already involved in drug abuse, these addicts would encourage them to release their stress st ress by getting high. Other than that, students are occasionally forced to do something against their will. For instance, most of the group members smoke. In order to remain in the clique, those who don’t smoke feel obligated to smoke too which is an act that is against their will. Therefore, students who experienced peer  pressure cultivate bad habits among themselves. According to Dr. B. J. Casey from the Weill Medical Col lege of Cornell University, students are very quick and accurate in making judgments and decisions on their own and in situations where they have time to think. However, when they have to make decisions in the heat of the moment or in social situations, sit uations, their decisions are often influenced by external factors like peers. In a study st udy funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), student volunteers played a video driving game, either alone or with friends watching. What the researchers discovered was that the number of risks students took in the driving game more than doubled when their friends were watching as compared to when the st udents played the

game alone. This outcome indicates that students ma y find it more difficult to control impulsive or risky behaviors when their friends are around, or in situations that are emotionally charged. Peer pressure in students develops the aspect of identity loss. Identity loss is developed by a way of behaving in a certain manner for the sake of wanti ng to belong or fit in a given set up. In that case an individual behaves in a different way that makes identit y loss. The peer pressure kills the individuality of most people. The society should be responsible for this simply because the future lies in the hands of the student hence while left to behave the way they want, they will be lost and have no direction they are moving. In conclusion, I think that peer pressure is a two-edged sword. It is depend by the way you dealing with it. Every person play complementary roles to help the students dealing with  peer pressure.