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Date Posted: 07:23:36 12/10/03 Wed
Author: Ana Carolina de Carvalho
Subject: TASK 10

The broader category I chose in the archive was Friendship and I read many different questions and advices. Under the topic of friendship I chose to talk about Drinking and Peer Pressure. This is a huge issue in schools in the USA (it is probably anywhere among teenagers but it seems to stand out there). Most of the question had to do with kids (around 17 and 18 years old) worried about what to do in a situation in which their friend would be drinking and they - as non-drinkers - would have to refuse it without seeming "geeky" or "nerdy". They seem to be very worried about what their friends will think of them and especially if they will fit in even though they don't drink or do drugs. In not fitting in, they wouldn't be invited to the best parties and hang-outs. One of them was even worried about getting busted by the police. The advices were pretty much similar to one another as they meant to make the kids see that a friendship is only worth it if you don't feel pressured or forced into anything. The counselors always recommended that telling the truth was the best way to go and if you are not accepted for who you are than that's probably because those of which you're hanging out with are not right for you.

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