Here are some interesting examples to prove that Peer pressure affects students

“Winner takes it all,” goes an adage.
The name of a Bollywood blockbuster - Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, as Hindi movie buffs might fondly recollect, also seems to be in keeping with the same.
Indeed, winners are celebrated unabashedly: we put them in the pedestal, hoist them in the air, and inevitably give them such a high that only a humble few manage to remain grounded. Success can be is so addictive.
As in the other walks of life, so in academics, winners do count. Securing good grades and being at the top of the merit list are imperative to be reckoned as a winner. The more pertinent question being: did we score more than our peers- at least most of them.
So students receive fervent solicitation from their anxious parents to pull up their shocks and be prepared for the battle ahead. Young souls often get to hear such statements from their mother-
“Look at the boy staying at the neighbourhood; he topped the high school exams, why can’t you be like him!”
“You must top the class as your elder sister used to …”
“If you are not within the top ten in the class, how do I show my face to others in society?”
The pulls and pressures to which they are suspended are not restricted to the four walls of the house; they persist unabated in the educational institution premises and elsewhere. The weaker few succumb to the stress abandoning their cheerful self.
Vulnerable as we are to moral vices, the so-called peer-pressure result in jealousy leading to insecurity and even, on rare occasions though, might manifest into mischief.
I have been a witness to this weird episode: a young couple studying engineering was going strong; sharing class-notes and those momentary furtive glances. In the course of their bonhomie, the grades of the girl gradually improved and by the final year she was one of the toppers in the class leaving her boyfriend behind in academics. Aggravated by a few comments from others, that were meant to draw a bridge between them, the boy broke off with the girl without citing the actual reason. Peer-pressure does not spare even those who are in an exclusive relationship!
I reveal a very private incident of mine which I would have ideally preferred to keep to myself. It was after we graduated as engineers and were in search of a job in a recession-hit market.
Interview calls were rare to come by and so we had to shed our inhibitions of the long queue that we got to see in the walk-in interviews. Being from the same college, a few of us bonded very well, and kept each other informed of all the upcoming opportunities.
An MNC was conducting a referral walk-in interview which I had come to know through an acquaintance. I informed most of my friends -barring one, who I knew to be brighter than myself and felt that his attendance might spoil my chances of landing up with a job. I still remember that incident with lot of shame and in retrospect, have a good laugh at my folly.
But is it really all about grades? If that would have been the case, how come we see quite a few school drop-outs heading organizations which employs the toppers. There apparently is something more prevailing than mere grades. Assignment experts can also help to improve your grades.
And if we can enjoy the journey without worrying about the destination, likewise, studying without bothering about the marks, will that not rid us of stress or peer-pressure? Destination and result will automatically be taken care of.
On looking at the merit list, however, if we still happen not to find ourselves at the top, then let us ponder what Winston Churchill said: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Online assignment help can also be of great help to students.