peer pressure?good or bad
is peer pressure harmful or is it bnificial?
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harmful
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Is peer pressure beneficial or harmful. Opening statement: My point of view on this subject area is simple and straightforward; peer pressure can be beneficial. Facts and supporting evidence: 1. Peer pressure can be beneficial because it can help you achieve things in life. For example: You're about to audition for something that's been your dream forever, then you all of a sudden get too scared so you decide your not going, but then your friend pressures you into doing it. And because of your friend giving you peer pressure, you achieved your goals, and you've succeeded. Without this type of peer pressure not many people would be successful in our world. 2. It can also be beneficial because it can help you get out of bad habits. Peer pressure is very well known for getting people into drugs, but nobody ever thought about peer pressure getting you out of them, and peer pressure can get you out of many habits. Last year I used to be late... A lot, but then my mom pressured me into getting up earlier in them morning, and getting ready faster. If it wasn't for her, I would not be a good student. 3. Peer pressure can lead you to making the right choices. Say you're in a bad situation your friend wants you to do something that you really don't feel like doing, so you talk to your other friend, they also think the idea is bad. So he/she pressures you to not do it, later on you somehow find out that your friend was setting you up, if your friend didn't help you in that situation, you had the chances of ending up in jail or being dead. Facts: 89.5% of the teens in high schools haven't been pressured into trying cocaine 80% of teenagers haven't been pressured into trying a cigarette Peer pressure can even start at kindergarten Closing: I know peer pressure can also be harmful, but many people don't realize how beneficial it can be. When people hear the words "Peer Pressure" usually the first thing they think is peer pressure involving drugs, and that can happen too, but there are many ways of good peer pressure. My personal motto is: CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY! Side: benificial
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See, first of all i would like to mention that, a fact which clearly reports that there are approximately more benifits than harms of peer pressur. Also it have an appropriate reason:- In our Society, there are more good citizen than bad ones. People mostly have good friend cirlce, than having bad friend circle. Yes there are some bad groups, which involves drug case, robbery etc. But the Fact is clear that there are less cases in which a person gets harm due to peer pressure. Good friends persuade us to do good thing, even we too advise our friends to do good things. I agree with 1st argument with my support. What he/she said is true. People when hear this word " Peer Pressure" they usually thinks of situation involving drugs robbery etc. But As i said , there much more benifits than harms. Thank You - Praful Nair Side: benificial
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Prafulnair, Yep. My parents always wanted me to hang out with other kids who would "be a good influence" on me, and I only had one friend my parents ever disapproved of. All the other kids I knew were ''good influences". My experience in the adult world, all across the US, among all classes and types of people bears out that the VAST majority of people are well-intentioned. Folks are not perfect, and when they are tempted to do dishonest things, most often the mere presence of others dissuades them. Peer pressure does seem to be positive more often than not. Side: benificial
Home is your first school. Ethics begin at home.If your moral values are strong than I am sure the bad influence will not harm you but your good values will bring a change in your group. a coin has two sides so also there are two things good or bad, it is on us which side you see. at times you are in a fix not getting a solution and your friends suggestion bring a solution. Sometimes your friends are at your help when relatives turn away. So friend circle is good and can have a positive effect than negative. Side: benificial
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A certain degree of social influence is useful - perhaps even vital - to the functioning of society. Concepts like shame are powerful deterrents against people just doing whatever the hell they felt like, regardless of the harm done to other people or harm done to their relationships with other people. On the other hand, social influence can lead you to do bad things as much as good things - e.g. your friends are all gangsters and you agree to rob a store with them so you're in the in-group. And shame isn't the only way to control people's behaviour; fear of punishment and the inculcation of moral values work too. In short, I don't see a clear-cut answer for this 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. Side: harmful
more than 2200 students each year suicide due to peer pressure....over 14% of college students have considered suicide and 7% of them have attempted it!! by the age of 14 20% of them have tried their first cigar and 66% of them their first alcohol.peer pressure is becoming a serious issue and it should be solved.. Side: harmful
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more than 2200 students each year suicide due to peer pressure WRONG. People who commit suicide do so because they choose to all on their own. I contend that the real cause of the suicide is personal cowardice in the face of problems they just do not want to do the hard and sometimes scary work to address directly or to endure. Side: benificial
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Peer Pressure can be extremely harmful as well as beneficial but I believe the latter outweighs the former. Certain people gravitate towards certain peers which can negatively impact them. Many people gravitate towards those with social weight or power these people aren't always individuals which benefit you often times these are individuals who will promote harmful habits and ideas. "If you are fortunate enough to get a good peer group, your peers can influence the shaping of your personality in a positive way" Although this can be true it is not always the case more often than not you can end up with a peer group who can influence you in a negative manner. If this group has a tendency to perform harmful behaviors you will almost always be pressured into following suit this is very, very dangerous and can have to life-altering implications. Although maybe you can become more confident you can also become more brash or foolish you can develop an unkind demeanor or a bad attitude, It is for these reasons I believe that the negatives of peer pressure far outweigh the positives. Side: harmful
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Decisions Go Wrong When you do not like a particular idea or when you have no inclination towards a particular field, it is obvious that you won't like to go by it. For sure, you won't like to go that way. But it is your peer group, which may compel you on doing something you dislike. It's obvious that you won't be happy doing what you do. And you won't succeed. Succumbing to peer pressure in taking important decisions of your life can only land you in sorrow. For example, taking up a field or choosing a career just because your friends did so; without much thought to where your interest lies, can only make you unhappy. Side: harmful
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Bad Habits are Cultivated Peer pressure forces you to do things you are not comfortable doing. It can even lead you to adopt a certain kind of lifestyle, even if you don't really want to. You may not like partying every weekend, you may not be smoking. But peer pressure is powerful. It can turn you from an always-at-home boy/girl to a complete party animal. It can turn you from a total non-smoker to a chain-smoker. There are so many teenagers who take to drinking against their will, just because their peers force them to. In many cases, peer pressure has been the culprit in creating drug addicts. At that vulnerable age, teenagers do not understand that they are actually ruining their life by giving in to pressure from peers. Identity is Lost Peer pressure can lead to loss of individuality. Extreme peer pressure may lead you to follow what your peers feel right. Their pressure may compel you to go by everything they think is right. You follow them blindly; you adopt their tastes of fashion, clothing, hair, music and living at large. Peer pressure can actually lead you to lose your own taste. You feel forced to like what they like and do what they do. Peer pressure is the tendency to join the bandwagon; you lose your originality of thought and conduct. You forget the way you wanted to live. You lose your identity. Side: harmful
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