Why are girls higher achievers? | | A survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has revealed that women in developed countries have overtaken men at every level of education.According to the report‚ girls are now more confident of getting better-paid professional jobs than their male counterparts.One of the main reasons given for this success is that girls tend to be ahead of boys in literacy skills which gives them an advantage when it comes to university admission
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pupils‚ I believe that over all girls are slightly more intelligent than boys. For this piece of coursework I am going to investigate if my hypothesis: "girls are more intelligent than boys" is true. In my opinion I believe this statement is more or less correct because in the years I have been in at school‚ the majority of pupils who consistently performed the best by getting the best examination and test results each year‚ were mostly made up of girls rather than boys. Also‚ because of tests and surveys
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They seldom think of the many "good" things that peer pressure could bring about in people - and neither do most parents of teenagers. Most people think of peer pressure as influence to do negative things like smoking‚ taking illicit drugs‚ drinking alcohol‚ having promiscuous sex‚ engaging in criminal behaviour‚ involvement in violence‚ joining gangs‚ and so on. According to experts‚ peer pressure is not all bad. They argue that the right group of friends can encourage a person to do positive
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When we think of peer pressure we always think of it in terms of "bad". We think of peer pressure in terms of pressure to; smoke‚ do illicit drugs‚ drink alcohol‚ have promiscuous sex‚ engage in criminal and quasi-criminal behaviour‚ do violence‚ join gangs‚ etc... We rarely think of the many "good" ways that peer pressure can influence us - and neither do the parents of teens! Peer pressure is not all bad‚ in fact it is essential to proper social development that we do learn to "follow the crowd"
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Peer pressure is the control and influence people affect others. A negative effect of peer pressure is anything that a peer tells an individual what to do that makes them feel uncomfortable or that they know is wrong. It can be a very dangerous thing when you are young and impressionable. Negative peer pressure can make teens do many different things such as drinking‚ drug use or change of appearance; these things have very bad consequences and can affect people’s lives on the long run. An example
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Peer pressure I. We often hear about the dangers of peer pressure to teenagers. A. Teenagers take drugs‚ skip school‚ get drunk‚ or have sex because their friends do these things. Desperate to conform to their friends’ values‚ teens may give up their interests in school‚ in hobbies‚ and even in certain people. B. Teenagers may‚ first of all‚ lose or hide their interest in school in order to be like their friends. They adopt a negative attitude in which school is seen as a battlefield‚ with
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION "C’mon. Everyone’s doing it." So why shouldn’t you? It’s almost expected that you will experience peer pressure frequently throughout your teen years. Say you’re invited to a party where you know there will be alcohol or drugs. A friend decides to cut class. Someone offers you a cigarette. Or friends talk about having sex with their boyfriends or girlfriends. How do you respond? Are you tempted to follow their examples‚ or can you stand strong in your own belief system
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Peer pressure. Say those two powerful words‚ and they can strike fear in your heart! But add the word "positive" and you have a tool that will help kids learn...to make the best choices. Positive peer pressure. These three words pack a powerful punch -- just the kind of positive punch we want in children’s lives to help them make good decisions when we’re not around. It’s important to understand the nature of positive peer pressure and take action to foster its benefits. "Peer influences are normal
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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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Peer Pressure What is peer pressure? Adolescents often times deal with pressures from homework‚ love‚ money‚ parents and teachers. However‚ one of the things that pressures us the most is how to fit in with our peers. We call it peer pressure. Simple enough‚ it is exactly what it says pressures from your peers. Peer pressure is when you do something either because they have persuaded you or because all your peers are doing it. Do you remember the last time your parents declined your
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