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Essay / peer pressure on young adults - 568
Making decisions alone can be difficult, but when other people are also getting into your business, it can be even more difficult. They might push you to make a decision you don't want to make. They may also influence the way you act and try to get you to do something unpleasant. Peer pressure is very common among young adults. I faced peer pressure and learned my lesson. I hate seeing other people go through this. The pressure on young people to conform to the standards of their peers is enormous. The people around you influence your life. You learn from them and they learn from you. Peers can have a positive influence on you, such as teaching you a simpler solution to a math problem. Or, they might have a negative influence on you, like telling you to drop math classes with them. They might push you to do something you're not ready to do or never even thought about doing. Like drinking or doing drugs, having sex because everyone else is doing it, shoplifting, or even driving without a driver's license or guardian. They accept it because they fear...