Peer Pressure

Ever since elementary school, I have learned that peer pressure is a bad thing. I was always told, “You should never give in to peer pressure. It only leads to trouble.” Then yesterday I learned something new.

At NCSSM we have a class called Senior Student Life 201 (juniors have 101). In order to receive credit we must attend seminars, in short, listen to several speeches about living a healthy and balanced life. Yesterday, I was not feeling it at all. Another speech? And the topic was on sleep, stress and drugs. I already knew I don’t get enough sleep, more than enough stress, and I didn’t plan on doing drugs ever. I decided that an unexcused absence was well worth the 30 extra minutes I would get to study for my Spanish test. But when 9:00 rolled around, one of my hall mates came knocking on my door to walk to student life together. Bless her... I really didn’t want to go. But somewhat ashamed to have thought about skipping I walked down with her.

Student life was actually a lot of fun this time. There were funny people in my class, which made the time more enjoyable, and I learned some new things. I learned that it is better to have a normal sleeping schedule rather than trying to “catch up on sleep” during the weekends. This extra sleep throws off your sleeping pattern and confuses the body, causing you to feel even more tired.

In the end, I was glad that I went to student life, and glad that my hall mate came and got me. Positive peer pressure. One of the things I enjoy about living with my friends and classmates is that we push each other to do the right thing and to give our best effort. Thanks Dee!