Word: peering
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...Reported levels of emotional and physical problems are higher among U.S. middle school students than among their peers in all 11 other countries surveyed by the World Health Organization. The same "health behavior" survey found that U.S. middle schoolers have the most negative views of the climate of their schools and peer culture...
...sessions, then home to cram in schoolwork before a late bedtime, only to rise early so they can make more practices in the morning. Good grades are a must, not only to get into college--just five years away--but also to keep their spot on the squad. And peer pressure is rising as old friends suddenly become jealous enemies or embarrassing reminders of a childhood left behind. Then there are the simmering rivalries inside the squad itself, sometimes fueled by parents with their own agendas. Finally, there's the pressure to perform in front of family and friends (yikes...
...into fitting in so we're not one of the geeks. We're pressured into sports so we're known. At home we're pressured into being on our best behavior or acting our age. We try so had but it seems like no one ever notices. We face peer pressure every day. Some are pressured into drugs, alcohol and even sex. The lucky ones are pressured into doing well in school, behaving and reaching their goals...
...Being a teenager in America is very different but then again similar to being a teenager in Ecuador. I think that being thirteen in America is very difficult. A thirteen year old now has to deal with many forms of peer pressure. The pressure to be liked, the pressure to get good grades and there is the pressure to be a good person and make the right choices. Most people say that thirteen is a tough age, because that's when your body starts to take on changes and the worst problem of all occurs-acne. Teenagers have to keep...
...beats a path to its door. The house Stevenson and his American wife Fanny carved into the mountainside recently made it into Patricia Schulz's bestselling 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, and each year up to 12,000 Stevensonians, tourists and scholars climb the hill to peer into the world of a man who has kidnapped the imagination of generations. Devoted pilgrims will hike a further hour to the author's final resting place on the peak of Mount Vaea. Here, under the breadfruit trees, they can wonder about his death at 44 from a brain hemorrhage...