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    17 Academic Pressure may lead to severe health problems. There are factors that cause academic pressure on students. First are the expectations from our parents. Based from my own experience‚ my mother is a perfectionist person. She always wants me to be on top ever since I was in my prep stage. She serves as my second teacher since I was in elementary until I finish my high school years. She always taught me when I have assignments and help me with my projects because she wants me to have

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    question. In practical terms‚ peer pressure is becoming less influential in recent decades‚ as everyone is learning that it’s acceptable‚ or even admirable‚ to rebel against culture and against authority‚ and "diversity" and "tolerance" have become universal keywords. I see that as a good thing; most human societies were and still are far more restrictive than they really need to be. more than 2200 students each year suicide due to peer pressure....over 14% of college students have considered suicide

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    Alexander Fountain April 4‚ 2011 Writing 101 Peer Pressure State of Mind In today ’s society everyone and everybody are influenced through something known as peer pressure. After doing research‚ I have come to the conclusion that peer pressure is divided into two parts which is family and school. These two can sometimes cause adolescents to give in to peer pressure and on the importance of social life‚ a lack of interest or communication on the part of the parents and teachers‚

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    Bridging the Gap‚ the article "Can You Stand the Pressure?" written by Calvin Mackie‚ describes pressure. The main focus of the article is about pressure‚ how it is generated‚ and the positive or negative outcome it can have on a person. The article also provides material on how to handle and deal with it. Mackie provides motivation to people who may be dealing with stress from entering college or finishing college‚ work related or any pressure one may encounter during life. I believe his purpose

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    and Parent Pressure to the Academic Performance of 3rd Year BSHRM Students of UIC INTRODUCTION College Students are encountering lots of problem. It may include school problems‚ family problems and some are personal problems that he or she keeps on his or her own‚ and it will have a great impact to their Academic Performance. But‚ for you being pressured by your parents and peers is another part of the story. This study will help us on what state does peer and Parent Pressure affects the

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    Good peer pressure‚ on the other hand‚ is being pushed into something that you didn’t have the courage to do or just didn’t cross your mind to do. Some people say that good peer pressure is when you get pushed into something that you didn’t want to do and it turned out well. Well‚ this may be nice‚ but ask yourself this question: how do you know "ahead of time" whether what you are doing will turn out good or bad? Can you? Most people can’t‚ but if you can‚ your problems may be solved!  Respected

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    Introduction Peer pressure is a social influence exerted on an individual by others in order to get that person to act or believe in a similar way. It is used by a social group‚ often with the implication that "everybody’s doing it." This influence can be negative or positive‚ with a successful result being a change in a person’s behavior. Nearly all children experience some form of peer pressure‚ whether at school‚ at church or at home among siblings. As a kind of social pressure‚ it dominates preteen

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    individual to new behaviors and viewpoints that may be different from his or her own. Academic Performance of the students shows on how he or she excels on the school. Especially to the college students it is really hard for them to maintain a good academic performance throughout every semester. As a college student we can encounter lots of problems most probably when it comes to their peers and parents. According to American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)‚ Peers play a large

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    February‚ 25 2013 Zinsser and Bird Compare and Contrast Paper William Zinsser is the author of “College Pressures”‚ and Caroline Bird is the author of “College is a Waste of Time and Money”. William Zinsser and Caroline Bird both introduce essays that tell the life of everyday college students and the problems they face while being a student in today’s College University. No matter what we view the hardest problem to deal with college. “College Pressures”‚ By William Zinsser Is an essay about

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    Pressure is the feeling that you are being pushed toward making a certain choice—good or bad. A peer is someone in your own age group. Peer pressure is—you guessed it—the feeling that someone your own age is pushing you toward making a certain choice‚ good or bad. Types of Peer Pressure there are only two indirect and direct. indirect is having a song encourging you to take drugs because you don ’t know the song writer diectly and they aren ’t specificly telling you to take drugs it ’s is

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