J.H. Mrs. Mackenzie English 11 November 7, 2010 Peer Pressure: A Critical Review Girls and guys versions of peer pressure are different. According to one of the first interviewees on the documentary Peer Pressure, "Girls try to get into other peoples heads so that they feel more comfortable than you do. So they attack you" Girls essentially bring other people down to give themselves a sense of worth rather than males who do it for personal pleasure. Another difference is that girls tend to get more pressure from males when it involves alcohol or drugs, as where females pressure more when it comes to steryotypical looks, such as body size. According to another interveiwee, "Girls give into peer pressure more easily." According to a survey conducted by Servlum Public Data Bank, 46% of teens are pressured into lying, 42% did something they weren't comfortable with doing and 36% have done something illegal just because it was cool. If they would ave given the statistics on males versus females, which would have been in which category? The facts show that more girls would be in the avergae of doing something they were uncomfortable with, while guys would be in the illegal section. However, the average would be about the same for the lying category. I'm sure there were outliers in these categories as some males and females drive off the beaten path, but it proves that the forms of peer pressure are different.
Teens in high school are often influenced by their peers. As stated in the documentary peers can influence the way that someone will dress, the way they will act and even what they will become involved in ( kidshealth.org ). These teens just want a group of people that they can fit in with, so they will change who they really are or how they act. One student used to hide who she really was on the inside, when she was younger just so that she would fit in and have friends. It is really sad that people will just give up on who they really are so that they can be “cooler”. The people that don’t change themselves to fit are the real cool people. Not everyone needs to be exactly like each other. Having a personal style and attitude is makes all of us great. It would be boring to live in a world where everyone is the same. Also peers can influence the decisions of others, making them do things that they normally wouldn't do or that they don't want to do. Not all the decisions that peers help influence are bad. Some of the decisions that peers help make are good. Most of the time teens are pressured into doing bad things. The kids being pressured don’t want to look lame so, most of the time the will give in to the bad decision. This is a bad idea because sooner or later it will come back to bite them in the butt. People just need to stop letting others influence them so much
J.C. Mrs. Mackenzie English 11 7 November 2010 Peer Pressure: A Critical Review Peer Pressure for girls and guys is very diverse.In the documentary Peer Pressure an interviewee stated that, “The female takes it way worse.” Girls are way meaner when pressuring because they are more insecure than guys. They usually are pressured much more look wise than anything else. Like with their body shape, how they do their hair and makeup, or how they dress. With boys the pressure is more like what people usually classify peer pressure with, illegal things like drugs or alcohol. In the documentary regarding a question about being pressured by females an interviewee states that, “You want to be more like the cool girls. If they’re wearing a different style that you would never wear you feel pressured into wearing that style just to fit in with that type of crowd.” This proves the point exactly that girls feel peer pressured more style wise than to do other things. The interviewee also states that girls give into peer pressure more than guys so it’s easier. This also show how much more diverse peer pressure is for guys and girls This documentary is all about how guys and girls are peer pressured differently. One very diverse thing is how guys will peer pressure girls. They’ll peer pressure girls into drinking or doing sexual things while a girl would never do that. In the documentary the directors stated that, “50% of adolescent teens ages 12- 18 feel pressured to have sex in relationships.” This is a prime example of how pressured people feel into doing sexual things. In the documentary the guys never really state that they felt peer pressured by a female. While all the females can state a time they were pressured by a male. That’s clear evidence of the differences.
E.D. Mrs.Mackenzie English 11 7 November 2010 Peer Pressure: A Critical Review Girls are more influenced than guys when it comes to negative peer pressure. In the documentary, it is stated that girls are more likely to give in to peer pressure. Girls want more to ‘fit in’ with the ‘cool crowd’, so they will be more likely to give in. When girls are pressured by guys, it is usually on the basis of sexual activities, or things like drinking, as stated in examples by the interviewees. Females are pressured into looking popular, acting certain ways, having certain relations with males, having the right friends, having money, what parties they go to, what they’re seen doing, etc. males are influenced with some of the same, like what parties they go to, who they are seen with and what girls they can ‘get’; but for guys it’s not that big of a deal. Most sexual cases, it is the girl who is being pressured by the guy. Guys’ brains focus on that kind of thing more than a girls might, and a girl is more likely to ‘put on a show’ for a guy she thinks is cute, even if she doesn’t really want to. I think girls revolve around what other people think, most girls anyway, whereas guys don’t really care a lot of the time. When it comes to being pressured to doing something, a girl is more likely to give in, in order to have one person think she’s that much cooler. A guy, however will probably me more able to keep his own coolness, and not always give in to what everyone else wants.
M.M Ms. Mackenzie English 11 November 5, 2010 A Critical Review In the documentary Peer Pressure, the girls interviewed where more likely to admit to feeling peer pressure than any of the boys interviewed. Do girls really feel more pressure? Or does the lack of response from the boys simply show the pressure they feel? Since they knew what they admitted would be posted on the web, the boys may have wanted to sound less weak by laughing off the pressure they feel from their peers. However, more girls than boys are likely to worry about their peers opinion and feel that pressure (www.csrwire.com/). As a teenage girl herself, this author knows that girls are also more likely to dish out that kind of pressure to their peers as well, so they are more aware of it when it turns back on them. Does gender even have anything to do with the amount of pressure felt by any one individual? Pressure can come from all sides including adults and the opposite gender. Being strong was mentioned multiple times in the documentary as a way to stop this peer pressure.
L.P. Mrs. MacKenzie English 11 November 9, 2010 Peer Pressure: A Critical Review In this documentary, the first interviewees were males which stated how females and males peer pressure each other differently. Devon Keller said, “Girls try to get into other people’s heads so that they feel more comfortable than you do. So they attack you” when Devon says this, he is saying that when girls pressure each other or a boy, they do it differently than boys do, he says they like to feel more comfortable than you do so they feel better about themselves. Males pressure females in different ways such as pressuring them into sexual relations or drinking because it would “be more fun sober than drunk” says Connie, an interviewee. Essentially every teen gives into peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids might make fun of them if they don't go along with the group. (kidshealth.org). As this author notices other teens giving into peer pressure every day, she knows most do it to fit in and wouldn’t do it if no one cared what they did or judged them. If teens would step up and do what’s right instead of what’s cool, we wouldn’t have much less pressure in high school and less teens feeling left out or not “cool.”
A.P. Mrs.Mackenzie 4 November 2010 Critical Review for peer pressure: Peer pressure is everywhere mainly in high school students what happens to us is school, homework and sports get us stressed out what happens if you don`t how to handle it what do you do? When it comes to peer pressusre you don`t think anything can go wrong because you know people who do it.(substance abuse or alcohol abuse , or whatever the case maybe). Peer pressure is shown on the billboards or commercials “ just once and it can change your life forever” – The Colorado Meth project. The increase of billboards has made students aware of the dangers peer pressure could be. If you have to think about the question it should most likely be a no.Peer pressure should be stopped we all have a mind of our own let not be influnced.
T.H English 11 Mrs. McKenzie 9 November 2010 Peer Pressure Claim: Peer pressure is so high in high school because it is so easy to get pressured into doing stupid things such as doing drugs, alcohol and having sex with someone all because of peer pressure. Evidence: There is more than one type of peer pressure and the one that is more often used or seen in high school is negative peer pressure (kidshealth.org). The pros of peer pressure are when you are pressured from your parents or teachers to do well in school, life, and to be successful. There are cons for peer pressure which is usually what happens in high school and you see it every day. In one of the interviews the girl talking said that she was pressured into having sex at a party. LOGOS 50% of adolescent’s ages form 12-18 face pressure to have sex in a relationship. 9 %( 14 years old), 18 %( 15-17 years old), 22 %( 18 years old). In another interview the girl that was talking said that she was pressured into drinking at a party because she was the only one at the party not drinking and they said that it would make the party more fun. LOGOS 32.2 % of teens have their first drink before they are 13 years of age. Then the girl followed up saying that she was forced into smoking because her friends were doing which in return forced her friend that she was with to smoke. LOGOS 30 % of teens are offered drugs in high school, and in middle school. 3.1 million Kids in America are smoking daily. PATHOS Peer pressure can not only destroy friends but it can affect your family, example is if you try a drug or drink alcohol what do you think that will do to your parents knowing that they failed at raising you to know what is right and what is wrong. All in all the peer pressure digital documentary was a great representation o how peer pressure affects your everyday life.
Peer pressure is allowing yourself to be controlled by other people and having no high standards or values. People who give into peer pressure have no self confidence or high expectations for themselves. People who give into peer pressure have no control over themselves and can be easily influenced by anything. People are usually pressured into doing something because they only care about how they look in front of other people. Kids are confused at this age and don’t know what’s best for them. Many kids give into peer pressure because they don’t want to be an outcast and they want to fit in to the group. Sometimes, though, standing up for yourself is what it takes to no throw yourself away.
J.H.
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English 11
November 7, 2010
Peer Pressure: A Critical Review
Girls and guys versions of peer pressure are different. According to one of the first interviewees on the documentary Peer Pressure, "Girls try to get into other peoples heads so that they feel more comfortable than you do. So they attack you" Girls essentially bring other people down to give themselves a sense of worth rather than males who do it for personal pleasure. Another difference is that girls tend to get more pressure from males when it involves alcohol or drugs, as where females pressure more when it comes to steryotypical looks, such as body size. According to another interveiwee, "Girls give into peer pressure more easily." According to a survey conducted by Servlum Public Data Bank, 46% of teens are pressured into lying, 42% did something they weren't comfortable with doing and 36% have done something illegal just because it was cool. If they would ave given the statistics on males versus females, which would have been in which category? The facts show that more girls would be in the avergae of doing something they were uncomfortable with, while guys would be in the illegal section. However, the average would be about the same for the lying category. I'm sure there were outliers in these categories as some males and females drive off the beaten path, but it proves that the forms of peer pressure are different.
A.D.
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English11
4 October 2010
Peer Pressure
Teens in high school are often influenced by their peers. As stated in the documentary peers can influence the way that someone will dress, the way they will act and even what they will become involved in ( kidshealth.org ). These teens just want a group of people that they can fit in with, so they will change who they really are or how they act. One student used to hide who she really was on the inside, when she was younger just so that she would fit in and have friends. It is really sad that people will just give up on who they really are so that they can be “cooler”. The people that don’t change themselves to fit are the real cool people. Not everyone needs to be exactly like each other. Having a personal style and attitude is makes all of us great. It would be boring to live in a world where everyone is the same. Also peers can influence the decisions of others, making them do things that they normally wouldn't do or that they don't want to do. Not all the decisions that peers help influence are bad. Some of the decisions that peers help make are good. Most of the time teens are pressured into doing bad things. The kids being pressured don’t want to look lame so, most of the time the will give in to the bad decision. This is a bad idea because sooner or later it will come back to bite them in the butt. People just need to stop letting others influence them so much
J.C.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Mackenzie
English 11
7 November 2010
Peer Pressure: A Critical Review
Peer Pressure for girls and guys is very diverse.In the documentary Peer Pressure an interviewee stated that, “The female takes it way worse.” Girls are way meaner when pressuring because they are more insecure than guys. They usually are pressured much more look wise than anything else. Like with their body shape, how they do their hair and makeup, or how they dress. With boys the pressure is more like what people usually classify peer pressure with, illegal things like drugs or alcohol. In the documentary regarding a question about being pressured by females an interviewee states that, “You want to be more like the cool girls. If they’re wearing a different style that you would never wear you feel pressured into wearing that style just to fit in with that type of crowd.” This proves the point exactly that girls feel peer pressured more style wise than to do other things. The interviewee also states that girls give into peer pressure more than guys so it’s easier. This also show how much more diverse peer pressure is for guys and girls This documentary is all about how guys and girls are peer pressured differently. One very diverse thing is how guys will peer pressure girls. They’ll peer pressure girls into drinking or doing sexual things while a girl would never do that. In the documentary the directors stated that, “50% of adolescent teens ages 12- 18 feel pressured to have sex in relationships.” This is a prime example of how pressured people feel into doing sexual things. In the documentary the guys never really state that they felt peer pressured by a female. While all the females can state a time they were pressured by a male. That’s clear evidence of the differences.
E.D.
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English 11
7 November 2010
Peer Pressure: A Critical Review
Girls are more influenced than guys when it comes to negative peer pressure. In the documentary, it is stated that girls are more likely to give in to peer pressure. Girls want more to ‘fit in’ with the ‘cool crowd’, so they will be more likely to give in. When girls are pressured by guys, it is usually on the basis of sexual activities, or things like drinking, as stated in examples by the interviewees. Females are pressured into looking popular, acting certain ways, having certain relations with males, having the right friends, having money, what parties they go to, what they’re seen doing, etc. males are influenced with some of the same, like what parties they go to, who they are seen with and what girls they can ‘get’; but for guys it’s not that big of a deal. Most sexual cases, it is the girl who is being pressured by the guy. Guys’ brains focus on that kind of thing more than a girls might, and a girl is more likely to ‘put on a show’ for a guy she thinks is cute, even if she doesn’t really want to. I think girls revolve around what other people think, most girls anyway, whereas guys don’t really care a lot of the time. When it comes to being pressured to doing something, a girl is more likely to give in, in order to have one person think she’s that much cooler. A guy, however will probably me more able to keep his own coolness, and not always give in to what everyone else wants.
M.M
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English 11
November 5, 2010
A Critical Review
In the documentary Peer Pressure, the girls interviewed where more likely to admit to feeling peer pressure than any of the boys interviewed. Do girls really feel more pressure? Or does the lack of response from the boys simply show the pressure they feel? Since they knew what they admitted would be posted on the web, the boys may have wanted to sound less weak by laughing off the pressure they feel from their peers. However, more girls than boys are likely to worry about their peers opinion and feel that pressure (www.csrwire.com/). As a teenage girl herself, this author knows that girls are also more likely to dish out that kind of pressure to their peers as well, so they are more aware of it when it turns back on them. Does gender even have anything to do with the amount of pressure felt by any one individual? Pressure can come from all sides including adults and the opposite gender. Being strong was mentioned multiple times in the documentary as a way to stop this peer pressure.
L.P.
ReplyDeleteMrs. MacKenzie
English 11
November 9, 2010
Peer Pressure: A Critical Review
In this documentary, the first interviewees were males which stated how females and males peer pressure each other differently. Devon Keller said, “Girls try to get into other people’s heads so that they feel more comfortable than you do. So they attack you” when Devon says this, he is saying that when girls pressure each other or a boy, they do it differently than boys do, he says they like to feel more comfortable than you do so they feel better about themselves. Males pressure females in different ways such as pressuring them into sexual relations or drinking because it would “be more fun sober than drunk” says Connie, an interviewee. Essentially every teen gives into peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids might make fun of them if they don't go along with the group. (kidshealth.org). As this author notices other teens giving into peer pressure every day, she knows most do it to fit in and wouldn’t do it if no one cared what they did or judged them. If teens would step up and do what’s right instead of what’s cool, we wouldn’t have much less pressure in high school and less teens feeling left out or not “cool.”
A.P.
ReplyDeleteMrs.Mackenzie
4 November 2010
Critical Review for peer pressure:
Peer pressure is everywhere mainly in high school students what happens to us is school, homework and sports get us stressed out what happens if you don`t how to handle it what do you do? When it comes to peer pressusre you don`t think anything can go wrong because you know people who do it.(substance abuse or alcohol abuse , or whatever the case maybe). Peer pressure is shown on the billboards or commercials “ just once and it can change your life forever” – The Colorado Meth project. The increase of billboards has made students aware of the dangers peer pressure could be. If you have to think about the question it should most likely be a no.Peer pressure should be stopped we all have a mind of our own let not be influnced.
T.H
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Mrs. McKenzie
9 November 2010
Peer Pressure
Claim: Peer pressure is so high in high school because it is so easy to get pressured into doing stupid things such as doing drugs, alcohol and having sex with someone all because of peer pressure.
Evidence: There is more than one type of peer pressure and the one that is more often used or seen in high school is negative peer pressure (kidshealth.org). The pros of peer pressure are when you are pressured from your parents or teachers to do well in school, life, and to be successful. There are cons for peer pressure which is usually what happens in high school and you see it every day. In one of the interviews the girl talking said that she was pressured into having sex at a party. LOGOS 50% of adolescent’s ages form 12-18 face pressure to have sex in a relationship. 9 %( 14 years old), 18 %( 15-17 years old), 22 %( 18 years old). In another interview the girl that was talking said that she was pressured into drinking at a party because she was the only one at the party not drinking and they said that it would make the party more fun. LOGOS 32.2 % of teens have their first drink before they are 13 years of age. Then the girl followed up saying that she was forced into smoking because her friends were doing which in return forced her friend that she was with to smoke. LOGOS 30 % of teens are offered drugs in high school, and in middle school. 3.1 million Kids in America are smoking daily. PATHOS Peer pressure can not only destroy friends but it can affect your family, example is if you try a drug or drink alcohol what do you think that will do to your parents knowing that they failed at raising you to know what is right and what is wrong. All in all the peer pressure digital documentary was a great representation o how peer pressure affects your everyday life.
A.S.K
ReplyDeleteMs. Mackenzie
English 11
November 14, 2010
Peer Pressure Critical Review
Peer pressure is allowing yourself to be controlled by other people and having no high standards or values. People who give into peer pressure have no self confidence or high expectations for themselves. People who give into peer pressure have no control over themselves and can be easily influenced by anything. People are usually pressured into doing something because they only care about how they look in front of other people. Kids are confused at this age and don’t know what’s best for them. Many kids give into peer pressure because they don’t want to be an outcast and they want to fit in to the group. Sometimes, though, standing up for yourself is what it takes to no throw yourself away.