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    You might believe that pressure in competitive sports is bad but the truth of the matter is if you have a small amount of pressure in competitive sports it can be good for kids. Because it provides emotional and physical support for kids, keeps students active and off the couch, and boosts self-esteem. A small amount of pressure provides emotional and physical support for kids I agree with this because according to, healthychildren.org “Adolescents who are struggling for identity among their siblings

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    College Pressures lingers William Zinsser is not only a American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher, but also a keen observer. In the late 1970’s, William Zinsser bought up the long-lasting issue – college pressure – in his essay “College Pressure”. Zinsser, once as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, was the master of Branford College at the time he wrote such article. Zinsser’s views appear to me, a student struggles in the first year of college, to be intelligent, insightful

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    For starters, the articles College Pressures and Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior both talk about pressures students and children face. Though, the difference is Amy Chau’s article mainly talks about parental pressures while William Zinsser’s College Pressures discusses about economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures. As stated in Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, Chinese parents often push their children to strive for perfection: this means perfect grades, perfect standardized testing

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    to examine the way in which education is distributed through social class. Between societal pressures, expectations and parental negligence, children can be negatively impacted in their pursuit for future success through their education as exemplified through “College Pressures” and “The Sanctuary of School”. In “College Pressures” written by William Zinsser, the author analyzes the stress that college students faced in the late 1970’s, centering his attention on four

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    The Pressure Brought On By College Essay

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    The Pressure Brought On By College Socially, religiously, and scholastically, a person’s values are severely challenged as he enters college. A major university has many evil faces that can alter a person’s values if he or she is not careful. Fraternities and their counterpart, sororities, target freshmen mainly because they’re young, easily influenced, and lonesome. Religious organizations try their best to counter the fraternities by gathering these young scholars to spread their word. The

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    There are many different pressures facing college students today. Zinzsser compared how college pressures in the 1970s compared to pressures today. It seems that the list of pressures has grown with the inclusion of people of many backgrounds being able to attend college throughout the decades. In my personal experience with college, I had to try to maintain a full-time job along with working a full-time job. What I notice among my peers is that a lot of them work as well, even students younger

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    became full of smoke, I knew I had caved into peer pressure. Peer pressure can be a big obstacle for lots of teens. Although peer pressure can sometimes be a positive, it is often harmful and damaging. That type of negative influence from one's peers can lead them to try things they usually would have no interest in trying. When I was about to turn thirteen, I learned just how true my previous statement was. All it took for me to experience peer pressure for the first time was a couple of grams of marijuana

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    William Zinsser’s “College Pressures” expresses that there are four types of pressure they have viewed affecting college students.” ...economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure” (438). Since my courses and books are free I don't struggle with the economic pressure, but the parental, peer, and self-induced pressure are more than enough to make up for it. College is meant to mean freedom, but ironically has only come with more restrictions than anything. I did

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    In the essay “College Pressure” by William Zinsser, he talked about the different pressures that college students go through that range from economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure. His main point in this essay is that most people in college have no idea what their career is going to be because they do not pre-plan for their future career at this juncture. These students finish college under so much pressure to the point where they have minimal progress towards

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    "The Pressure On Students" Is There Too Much Pressure On Teenagers To Go To College? Teens are under immense pressure to join college. Reason being everyone expects them to perform very well in every discipline which may not be the case for some. Everyone has different abilities, and when one is under pressure to deliver especially in school, the feeling can be frustrating. Parents want the best for their children and so do the teachers and the society in general. Many admire joining the top colleges

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