Martin Saa Ms. Taylor English II Pre-AP – 4 29 October 2012 Peer-Pressure- Making the Right Choices Everyone talks about it‚ but why exactly is peer pressure as bad as everyone makes it seem? Peer pressure is a fancy word for the influence your peers exert on you‚ and it is mostly associated with teens‚ as they are most susceptible to such influence. Of course it is impossible to avoid getting influenced by peers altogether‚ but what is dangerous is that someone stops being independent
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TOPIC: PEER PRESSURE TOPIC NARROWED DOWN: Peer pressure is one of the cause of teenage depression. It often leads to feeling out of place in one’s group of friends thus feeling isolated and lack of confidence. How can one deal with peer pressure? OUTLINE: Peer pressure is a norm in a teenager’s life‚ but how can we cope with it? Peer pressure is often felt by the teens who are bullied‚ socially awkward‚ and loners. People our age don’t have quite an idea that some of their
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there can’t be fitting in without peer pressure. Those two are best friends. Peer Pressure only knows one way and that is the way of the world and Peer Pressure will do anything to get you to conform to it. Peer Pressure has the mesmerizing eyes of a snake and a voice a smooth as silk. He will slither like a serpent and whisper right into your ear. Peer Pressure is the one who will convince you to join gangs; the gangs that will provide you with protection‚ a family‚ a superior title and plenty of
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Pressure to Abuse Drugs Among many forms of peer pressure imposed upon teens‚ pressure to abuse drugs may be the most prevalent in society. In fact‚ peer pressure has been found to be among thestrongest influences of drug use during adolescence.[1] One may feel that if they abuse drugs‚ they will automatically be accepted by their peers. Teens might tell themselves they will only try a drug once‚ but many find themselves under continual peer pressure to continue to experiment with drugs and ‘join
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Academic Performance of a Working Student Factors Affecting Part Time University Students By Jagg Xaxx‚ eHow Contributor • • • • Print this article Related Searches: • Students at Risk • Gifted Math Students 1. o [pic]Part time students face special challenges. Students who attend university part time face challenges and benefits that are different than full-time students. According to Salme Harju Steinberg‚ president emeritus of Northeastern Illinois
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE WORKING STUDENTS IN POLYTHECNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SANTA ROSA CAMPUS S.Y 2013-2014 An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Rosa Campus In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor in Business Administration Major in Human Resource Development Management By: Arceo‚ Cristina A. Dunca‚ Mariela D. Tena‚ Larabelle L. Marife Agustin-Acierto‚ DBA Subject
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Introduction Determinants of students ’ academic performance have received significant attention in the education literature. Student performance is generally viewed as product of socio-economic‚ psychological and environmental factors. The factors are expected to vary from one country to another. Hence‚ the attempt was made in the literature is to identify the factors that affect students ’ performance and lead to student ’s success. The multidisciplinary approach to Population Sciences has gained
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Peer pressure Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ or behaviors to stratify to group standard. It also might encourage others to have bad attitude and behaviors for example‚ smoking‚ alcohols‚ drugs‚ etc. Like most people‚ you already know that smoking is bad for your health. But do you really understand just how dangerous smoking really is? Tobacco contains nicotine‚ it’s too high addictive drug that makes
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Peer pressure is a very real issue that affects many of the teenagers of the world today. Society offers many misleading advertisements that seem to lead teens in all the wrong directions. If the youth of today are more educated‚ the future of our world will be a lot better off (Dobson). There are all sorts of pressures that children face today‚. Drinking‚ smoking‚ staying out past curfew‚ having sex when you are not ready- whatever it may be‚ sometimes others put the pressure on you to participate
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in the future. The issue of academic performance is of great interest to administrators‚ educators‚ researchers‚ students‚ parents and other stakeholders of education (Farooq‚ Chaudhry‚ Shafiq & Berhanu (2011). The variables that determine students’ academic performance can be from the student‚ home and school. This could be termed as Self/Family/School (Crosnoe‚ Johnson & Elder (2004). To Ballatine (1993) most of these factors affecting academic performance of students are demographic in nature and
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