Teenagers are trapped by peer pressure

“Teenagers are trapped by peer pressure!”

FOR THE MOTION
A recent study shows that the current generation of teenagers is sharper, fitter, more focused and much more street-smart than the foregoing generations. However in today’s competitive, contentious modern world, where only the best of the best can make the cut and survive the concrete jungles of urban lifestyle, teenagers are even more timorous and insecure, scared of the future which makes their lives an emotional turmoil and makes them incapable of dealing with personal crises like peer pressure. The topic at hand today is “Teenagers are trapped by peer pressure” and I will wholeheartedly be speaking for the motion.
Teenage life today is all about labels. A student scoring an ‘A’ Grade in class is labeled ‘geek’. A student with an atypical dressing sense or a peculiar hair style or even a very distinctive taste in music is labeled as a ‘hippie’. A student scoring in a match for the school football team is a labeled ‘jock’ while a student who is able to carry himself well or is in vogue with the latest trends of expensive brands and flashy accessories has an influential aura and ineluctably becomes the ‘popular kid’. This judgmental and censorious system of labeling of each and every individual within the school premises or even in the neighbourhood has an exceedingly radical impact on the confident and sanguine teenagers. Being judged by the world in condemnatory fashion without being known from the inside utterly scorches and incinerates their ambitions and efforts of reaching for the zenith of triumph. They start fixating on this label that has been so callously and irrevocably stamped on their heads, using everything within their means to somehow wipe off this inconsiderate curse. This fixation has a substantially negative effect on their performance in scholastic and co-scholastic activities. They try to alter and redesign their personality, their very being, which ultimately puts immense pressure and duress on their young, creative minds. Peer pressure is a malignant and venomous sociological virus, with lethal, homicidal outcomes and no perceivable antidote or antiserum!
Peer pressure hampers the capabilities and potential of the forthcoming generation. It forces them to go through persona modifications; they try to impersonate, to be someone who they truly aren’t. It assassinates the creative shimmer in their eyes. It may not seem like momentous issue now, but could briskly turn into grave jeopardy for the intellectual capital of the future. This is why I vehemently believe that it is extremely imperative and indispensable to confront and tackle this psychological catastrophe with loaded guns and full arms!
THANK YOU!
Rohan Biyani ( IX – D )