The type of peer pressure I have encountered isn't as dramatic as the ones shown on tv. An example would be when …show more content…
All of the courses I am taking next semester and when I officially start College will surround their goal of me becoming a doctor or a pharmacist. They didn't really ask me what I wanted to become it was a given that I would be a doctor because they wanted me to be and “it's the best choice”. So I had to go with it because although it wasn't my first thought for how my future would be it is what they want from me and what they expect from me and to please them I have to do it.
Situations regarding things you want to do and what is expected from you aren't all the same. They can range from Orwell’s experience of Shooting an elephant, my experiences of leaving school grounds to go get food and what one wants to pursue as a career, as well as the famous drugs peer pressure. In the end you can refuse to conform out of fear, resilience or your own morals or you can decide to give in and do what others want you to