Peer Pressure, Insecurities, Social Acceptance and that of the sort

Well it has come to my attention that Mrs. Basi would like to know about our project on "social problems effecting adolescents". Claude, T'Shoy, Gadiel and I decided to focus on peer pressure and it's effect on the youth.

Initially the peer pressure (which I guess you can refer to as the "heading"), was suppose to be a sub-heading for insecurities. But after much debate, we decided to keep peer pressure as the heading because it was a broader category other things could fall under than insecurities which is sort of confined. Peer pressure is really the biggest contributor that effects adolescent behavior.

Adolescents are forced to commit acts in order to impress friends, to keep up with friends, and become situated in a certain group. This behavior derivates from insecurities, social mobility, and prophecies set by the individuals an adolescent chooses to surround himself/herself around (self-fulfilling prophecies).

Our group is really trying to establish that these issues stem from peer pressure, indirectly and directly. It occurs directly through verbal communication, when one of her friends tell you to steal something or they push you try something. An indirect example of peer pressure is if an adolescent hangs with someone that wears expensive clothing or at least acknowledged clothing. The adolescent may be someone who feels insecure about the clothes he/she wears, maybe because their truly raggedy or maybe it is because their clothes aren't recognized as much as their friend's clothing. As a result, the adolescent goes through some drastic measures in order to achieve that paramount his/her is on.

This is just some insight into the direction we are going for our project. In fact our project is much more complex because of all the correlations we are going to make with this study. What intrigues me the most about our project is the underlying moral our presentation has towards society. I do hope that everyone takes the time to understand and then implement the moral we are going to inadvertently teach because it is something that we should try our best to do. Instead of referring to "before" look at the "new". (That was the hint guys...........smh)