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    The movie Breakfast club by John Hughes‚ is a remarkable movie about five high school students from completely different social groups. They all have to go through a Saturday detention under Mr Richard Vernon the principal. The different social group includes “The rebel” John‚ “The princess” Claire‚ “The basket case” Allison‚ “The brainy” Brian and “The jock” Andrew. They are completely different people with different lifestyles and at the start of the movie they don’t get along but as they each

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    money they need students to pay. Some people might not want to go to college for the expenses; so many people decide not to go. Colleges shouldn’t be free because if college students don’t pay the college won’t have enough for desks‚ professors‚ school equipment etc‚ then how is the college going to afford to pay for the professors‚ and the colleges needs to pay for the professors because they need money to support their family or themselves. Therefore I think that college shouldn’t be free so students

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    Peer pressure is the phenomenon wherein we tend to get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers. The thoughts‚ behavior and tastes of fashion‚ music‚ television and other walks of life of the masses are often seen having a deep impact on the living of the society. The changing ways of life of our peers often force us to change our ways of looking at life and leading it. Peer Pressure can help us analyze our self and contemplate on our ways of life. Some of the practices

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    of the study is to provide the students with a complete and balance education by avoiding peer pressure. Thus‚ the results of this study will benefit the students‚ the school administrators‚ the teachers not only in English but also in other subjects‚ and especially the parents who are concerned about the behavior of their children. This study will serve as the basis for future plans of actions by the school administrators or few psychiatrists with regard to the necessary actions for the recovery

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    Adams Preparatory School and has only one friend‚ Catherine‚ who unlike Sam‚ craves to be part of the ‘in-crowd’ or the popular in the school. Many other teens today also crave to be part of the popular crew in their school and they would do almost anything for it. In another book entitled “Queen Bees and Wannabes” by Rosalind Wiseman‚ it talks about a girl who just transferred to a new school in America and how she finds a way to fit in with the so called ‘Queen bees’ of the school and how it eventually

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    CONCEPT PAPER GUIDELINES I. TITLE Positive effect of peer pressure to teens II. INTRODUCTION A. Background of the study As children grow into preteens and then into teenagers‚ they often become less dependent on the family and more dependent on their peers when it comes to making choices and developing morals and values. Peer pressure can have a positive effect when it encourages teens to develop social skills necessary for adulthood. Unfortunately

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    greatly appreciate the opportunity given to me to debate on the subject of peer pressure. I am against the statement that peer pressure is more beneficial than harmful. My position is that peer pressure is definitely more harmful than it is beneficial and I would love to present some compelling statistics that lend credence to my position. But first‚ what is peer pressure? By definition‚ it is pressure from one’s peers to behave in a manner similar or acceptable to them. By definition‚ it doesn’t

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    Friends are a greater influence on children than parents In the book‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Scout encounters a lot of friends attempting to influence her‚ and many of those times‚ they succeed. In the book Jem and scout are very vulnerable to peer pressure‚ which makes them want to follow the lead of other people. An example of this in‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird” when Dill claimed that Jem was too chicken to touch the Radley house‚ It was Dill who later claimed that Jem was too chicken to even touch

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    TWO Introduction Peers become an important influence on behavior during adolescence‚ and peer pressure has been called a hallmark of an adolescent experience. Peer conformity in young people is most pronounced with respect to style‚ taste‚ appearance‚ ideology‚ and values. Peer pressure is commonly associated with episodes of adolescent risk taking (such as delinquency‚ drug abuse‚ sexual behaviors‚ and reckless driving) because these activities commonly occur in the company of peers. Affiliation with

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    THE EFFECTS OF PEER PRESSURE TO THE STUDY HABITS OF SECOND YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF ROGATIONIST COLLEGE SCHOOL YEAR 2012-2013 Submitted to: Mrs. Renita B. Marasigan Mr. Louie Sonny D. Rivera Mrs. Eloisa L. Leondis In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Basic Research‚ Mathematics IV and Christian Living Education IV Eldrick Justin B. Ambagan Nikki Jamille T. Baco Patrick Joshua A. Llorin Ma. Kia Concepcion V. Vedan IV – Saint Ignatius de Loyola CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM

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