The essay "College Pressures" written by William Zinsser discusses the college students' struggle with economical, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures. ... We, counterparts of college students in America, are also suffering from economic, parental and peer pressures. ... Our group members give some recommendations on how to reduce the pressures. ... Finally, students should help themselves out of pressures. ... What we care about is the chance to be away from study, work and pressures! ...

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The four pressures that students face are economic pressure, peer pressure, parental pressure and self induced pressure. ... Peer pressure also faces many students today. Drugs, alcohol, partying and some other negative things by peers can involve many students. ... Also there is a positive peer pressure. ... Economic pressure is a pressure that many students face. ...

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As Zinsser says, there are "four kinds of pressure working on college students today: economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self induced pressure." ... We know this competition amongst students to coincide largely with peer pressure. ... The standard is always being raised by our peers. ... This is an example of what drives peer pressure, competition is created and exists in our world because of this. ... Such pressures facing college students today are from sources like economic pressure, peer pressure, parental pressure and of course self induced pressure. ...

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Possible benefits include the increase of school safety, decrease of peer pressure, and can also promote the school environment. ... Another reason for uniforms is peer pressure to own the coolest and most expensive clothes. ... Uniforms can help strengthen students self-confidence by letting them show their inner-selves, knowing that they would be more fairly judged by their peers and teachers on their scholastic abilities and personalities instead of by the designer clothes they wear or don't wear. ...

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If the children are all basically dressed the same, that may help to eliminate peer pressure. Peer pressure is one of the things that lead children to not care about education but care more about what the other children think about them and what they own. Children are pressured by television commercials, music videos and other children to "dress the part". ...

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She hated her clothes and wanted to dress like peers. ... You can also be pressured (which is commonly called peer-pressure) into taking drugs. LaMonica was hanging around people who was into drugs and they peer-pressured her into taking them. ...

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This in turn leads to peer pressure/peer influences, the way students act among themselves. Influences from peers can have an outlasting impression on fellow classmates. Within a group, each individual student strives to become accepted and will often accept a peer's suggestion. ...

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Cedric was able to overcome all these obstacles through determination, tolerance and the ability to ignore peer pressure. ... Many other students make the mistake of falling into the peer pressure and forgetting about their future. Cedric, on the other hand, ignored the pressure of the other students to be cool. ... He was able to reach his goal by simply being determined, tolerant of ridicule and not falling into the peer pressure. ...

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There is more pressure in college, and there are other influences that can derail a student's education and life. ... She was last person on earth I would expect to fall victim to the pressures and negative influences of college. ... All college students go through many obstacles, pressures and choices throughout their college career. ... Peer pressure is one of the biggest obstacles a student goes encounters. ... Parental pressure was a big for my cousin; she was the first person in her family to attend college. ...

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The other social or environmental reason why a student would drink has to do with peer pressure. According to Peter Miller, author of "Behavioral Treatment of Alcoholism", "Social interactions may also direct influence on alcohol consumption via group pressure and social modeling" (15). From this we can say that peer pressure has a major effect on people's behavior. ... It is a well-known fact that friends exert a certain pressure on a person. ... When at a party, a student is pressured to drink; he is going to do it out of the pressure and not personal acceptance. ...

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There comes a time in everyone's life when he or she must make a big decision, whether one needs to go to college. College is a big trend that has swept the nation for years now. It's considered the norm to go to college these days, in fact, people will stare at someone who does not wish to go to co...

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There is also very little peer pressure, chances of being bullied, or violence. ... She found that homeschooled students were well adjusted, and socialized well compared to their peers. ... There are the same if not more options for socialization for your children with other in their peer group. ... Studies have shown over the last few years, students that go through the online public school option test higher on state mandated tests then many of their public school peers. ...

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Everyday of our lives we learn from and teach our peers. ... Learning from our peers goes back to a very early stage in our lives. ... Eudora felt the pressures that many young children do. ... Mother, as I know she would, took it personally" we see that she is greatly affected by the pressures put onto her at such a young age. ...

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Schools that Work These schools that were on in this movie had several ideas that made them work. In Manhattan Kansas they taught their students with cooperative learning. In this type of learning the students get into groups to work and solve problems. By the students working together they l...

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"While it is tempting to view students who cut class as deficient in their academic capability, intelligence, motivation or values, teachers dispute the stereotype and describe students who cut class as intellectually and academically similar to their regularly-attending peers"(Fallis, et al, 2003, p. 103). ... Many students do this to avoid classes that they dislike, say some classes are too hard or too easy, to avoid certain teachers or peers they may have a conflict with and to attend to personal matters. ... For example a student could simply state ˜I work better under pressure....

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Looking back at the times where I fought to stay at home instead of going to school, I laugh. I laugh at the idea of me scowling at my parents because they were making me go to school. I now thank them for pushing me to make good grades and go to class; I am lucky to have them. Others do not have th...

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Being a college students nowadays is tough, as well dealing with a great amount of stress then we need to in our lives. Everyday college students are taking a toll from stress that comes in various ways during college. It deals out a great amount of stress on their mental and physical body just to b...

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I been writing lesson plans and teaching in front of my peers. I have to admit I do get nervous when I teach in front of my peers. ... Having children working out helps children keep their weight under control, establish good heart-healthy habits, prevents bone loss, manages high blood pressure, boosts energy level, increases blood cholesterol levels, and helps manage stress. ...

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Action that Leads to Satisfaction As Herbert Spencer eloquently puts it "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." Aspiring students for universities begin and plan their future long before applications are sent in. There are many intelligent people, who lack degrees and bachelo...

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Smoking Education Do you want to die? Do you want your children to experience early deaths? These questions run through my mind every time I witness people puffing away on their cigarettes. It genuinely hurts me to see parents (like my father) smoking around their children. As if this isn't ...

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"Tobacco is a known or probable cause of death from: Cancer of the: lips, mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, pancreas, larynx; voice box; lungs, trachea and bronchus, bladder, kidney, liver, cervix, stomach, tongue, and penis. Tobacco also causes stroke; fires; paediatric diseases " low birth weight and r...

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However, statistics show that when introduced, school uniforms greatly reduce theft, gang affiliation problems, peer pressure, presence of intruders and help increase student discipline and concentration on their school work. ...

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This is because gangsters are lack of parental guidance and love, influence of peers subtle message of the mass media, feeling of boredom with life and its pressure, worst still, they think that oppressing others can show one's superiority and strength. ...

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Although a lot of pressure is being put on these parents, more than two million of them have opted to keep their children at home and are home-schooling (Bajunid para 7). ... "Students in classes often form their strongest ties with peers, but home -schooled kids develop strong ties to parents (Pratte para 20). ...

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How about the endless days of fun, riding your bike until sunset, playing with peers during school recess? ... Even though recess and play time is still poignant in schools, children are being taught too much in their developmental stage instead of discovering and exploring because Children are being put under immense pressure to learn mature things. ...

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