PEER PRESSURE

Sometimes, there’s an instance that you have to decide whether to go or not, to do it or not, and to give in or not. Decision making is quite hard for others especially when they depend on something or someone else. It is like walking in a forest that is full of trap; you must walk carefully in order for you not to fall on it.

That is the feeling of peer pressure. Nowadays, different vices and bad influences are around us so you have to be alert in order for you not to be manipulated by them. Usually, teenagers are the one who get caught by them. Many are easily influenced and they just go with the flow not knowing that they will suffer after. Where can we experience these things? In school most probably because there, we make new friends and we socialize. It is good to create a good relationship with others but not good to be with people who don’t know the real meaning of school and friendship. They will try to influence you with their vices and they will tell you fake advantages of these things. If you have a weak personality, you will easily believe them. Be careful in choosing your companions. I did not say that you have to be choosy in a case that you have to ignore everyone that you don’t like to be with but be choosy in a good way. You may start by observing. Watch them by knowing their background status or what makes them busy right now. Once you already know some information from them, you can conclude from those informations whether they are good influences to you or not. It does not mean that I consider all of them a bad influence; it is not the issue here. In our world, there are positive and negative traits and we are not all perfect. There is also a big chance that you will meet those who can be a good influence to you and that is a better thing.

  In my own experience, I know how to weigh one’s personality because I am careful. I repeat, not choosy but careful. When I first get in Far Eastern University, I met new friends and they are good. As time passes by, they cut classes and they want to gimmick more than going in our class. What I did was I did not let myself be influenced by them, instead, I follow my own decision and that is to go in my class rather than to be with them in their wrong deeds. In this case, I learned that you have to have a broad mind in order for you not to easily go after them. We have our own mind and we must have our own decision whether to do those things or not. Well, in the end, it is really up to you. Besides, you already know the wrong and good things right? Just be careful. Don’t get too pressured because your world does not go around them but it goes in your own life.