Young people are often influenced in their behaviors and situations by others in the same age. This is called “peer pressure”. Do the disadvantages of peer pressure outweigh the disadvantages?
These days, “Peer pressure” plays an important role in young individuals’ behaviours and situations. Some
people
insist that it has benefits because they can motivate each other in a positive way such
as studying
hard. Change preposition
by studying
However
, there is a more persuasive opinion that it has drawbacks since it makes young people
lose their own characteristics and feel ostracized.
To begin
with, some individuals think that young generations have a positive effect on motivating each other. They can be good competitive influencers to one another. For example
, in South Korea, a majority of high school students
have a goal to study hard in order to go to prestigious universities. In this
circumstance, students
usually are affected by peer pressure. This
means even though some students
do not want to study hard, they are willing to focus on their studying and even they copy other pupil students
’ studying schedules. It will eventually help young people
to achieve their academic goals and affect positively each other.
Nevertheless
, there are some drawbacks of having “peer pressure”. A salient example is that young individuals would lose their own preferences and characteristic. Young people
usually want to wear trendy jackets or fashionable shoes
such
as North Face jackets, Nike shoes
and many more. For instance
, in South Korea, wearing Nike shoes
in middle or high school is significantly popular. So a number of students
prefer buying those shoes
. Moreover
, if they do not wear them they sometimes feel lonely and ostracized. Actually, everyone has different preferences and characteristics. However
, although
some students
do not want to wear Nike shoes
, they are willing to buy them to mimic other students
to belong to peer groups. This
means they are going to lose their own preference and traits. It will prevent them from developing their own character in the future.
To sum up
, it is true that nowadays many young people
have pros of peer pressure because they can affect each other positively when they study hard. However
, it will be more harmful to them since it influences them on losing their own characteristic.Submitted by lym1049 on
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