Peer Pressure.  This post will be about peer pressure. Keep in mind this is not a post telling you not to do drugs or saying you have to go school and get good grades. Peer Pressure is the influence exerted my ones friends or known group to changes ones attitudes and beleifs so that they conform with the group. This can either be good or bad. We all know peer pressure in the bad sense of the word. We probably see it as some bad kid with weed in his hand and going up to their friend and saying, "Here. Smoke this". Everyone should know not confront their friends like this and put pressure on them to do something they dont entirely want to do. Thats not the only way of putting pressure on someone. Sadly you can put pressure on people without even confronting them directly to do something. Say you have a friend who goes out and parties all the time and has loads of fun every weekend with all of your other friends. They are all at parties and your at home watching TV. Then they are all like, "Yea man. That was a great weekend. Yea we found James inside the recycling bin over by the pizza place with a stop sign in his hand the next morning." "Yea that was one heck of a weekend." Ha.

You slowly start getting upset that you are losing your friends because you are making the right decision. Your the one whos making all the right decisions and everyone else is out having a blast. This is putting peer pressure on you even if your friends completely respect your decision. This may even be a worse for a pressure. Then you find yourself giving in and conforming to the group by abandoning your beleifs. To some, it is worth it. To others, it makes you feel weak. Other forms of peer pressure are good. Maybe your the slacker and all of your friends are going of to college. They could inspire you to go out and try to get a better education and make something of your life. Peers can be that extra push you need. Good and bad. Hopefully good.