Peer Pressuring Parents High School Being On The Honor Roll

Peer Pressuring Parents During high school being on the honor roll was a huge deal to me. I loved the feeling of making my parents proud. During my junior year at Saint Clair High School I took AP biology for a semester. Even though I didn t want to take it, my parents pushed it on me. Even the counselor forced it on me. I felt like if I didn’t take it, my parents would be disappointed in me. That was something I would not let happen. With all the pressure I finally gave in. It was a hot day in the beginning of September. I remember nervously walking into Ap biology, on the 1st day of school. As I entered the class I immediately heard an obnoxious parrot. The birdcage was on the other side of the class room underneath the Michigan State†¦show more content†¦He slowly got out of the truck and worked his way to the passenger door. He just stood there. I quickly noticed tears rolling down his cheeks. He opened the passenger door and mumbled â€Å"I’m so sorry you had to come home to this.† I quickly said â€Å"What are you talking about?† He motioned for me to come towards him. I finally realized what happened. There... in the passenger seat was my dog Toto wrapped in his favorite blue blanket. Tears began to flow down my cheeks. Toto was gone. Today was officially the worse friday the 13th. Not only did I get a bad grade on my quiz, my dog died. Later on during October I started falling behind. Every day we had at least 2 hours of homework, and not including the reading. Everything sounded similar. The vocabulary words sounded alike and even had similar definitions. At this point I was so stressed out. I started to give up. Sadly I didn t care about my grade in that class. Every day felt the same at that point. I started to dread going to class. I was sick of walking into a class where I was clueless. I hated hearing the bird everyday especially during test and exams. I even hated my teacher which made the class 10 times harder. He would yell at students for every little thing. One day a girl came to class in her swim wear. She was on the swim team and her coach said she had to keep it on. Well Mr. Underwood started screaming at her in front of the class. He was so angry that his face wasShow MoreRelatedThe Pressures Faced by College Students886 Words   |  4 PagesIn college campuses across the USA, college students are f acing an abundance of pressure. They juggle family stress to, college stress, to peer stress, students are constantly pulled into a never ending cycle of stress. Constantly pursuing their education to do whatever is necessary for them to graduate from college. Today’s generation of teenagers/young adults, and older generation of people, face alike challenges that are dramatically different from the before. Today we have an abundance of sophisticatedRead MoreAmerican vs Asian Education Systems Essay1930 Words   |  8 Pages There are many factors that influence the Asian and Asian immigrants’ high levels of academic achievements. The environment that students experienced in Asia is totally different from the foreigners’ like the schoolings, the testing and grading testing system. Non-Asian people observed many high levels academic achievements of Asian and they start making false assumptions. The education system in Asia is different from Americ a’s which explains the stereotype that common Asians areRead MoreMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 Pagesback in 1976, was 147 pages and included such long-forgotten cases as Korvette, W. T. Grant, Edsel, Corfam, Gilbert, and the Midi. In this eleventh edition, seven cases from the tenth edition have been dropped, and seven added, several of these being modified from earlier editions. Other cases have been updated, and in some instances reclassified. Two exciting new entrepreneurial cases, Google and Starbucks, are introduced, and the entire Entrepreneurial Adventures moved to the front of the bookRead MoreProject Mgmt296381 Words   |  1186 PagesUniversity of Oregon. He is certified Scrum Master. v â€Å"Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.† Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. To my family who have always encircled me with love and encouragement—my parents (Samuel and Charlotte), my wife (Mary), my sons and their wives (Kevin and Dawn, Robert and Sally) and their children (Ryan, Carly, Connor and Lauren). C.F.G. â€Å"We must not cease from exploration and the end of all exploring will be to arrive where