1. In the selection called "Peer Pressure" George states that "friends have more influence on one another's lives than almost anyone else does, especially in those teenage years when kids are trying to discover who they really are. So hooking up with the wrong crowd can really get you down."Do you agree with his comments? Why or why not? Have you seen other people try to pressure their friends to do things? (Good or bad) Have you felt pressure to behave in certain ways because of your friends? WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED: Visit the blogs of your group members, read their comments, and leave one comment in which you agree or disagree with something they say (and explain why) or ask them a question about their response.

I would say that I agree with his comments that friends have more influence on one another more than anyone else does because friends can either have a positive effect on you or a negative one. Many people feel the need to fit in with the crowd so they act a certain way in order to be accepted. Sometimes the wrong crowd can drag you into a situation that in the end you regret. I have seen this many times in the way that people talk with different groups of people or with how they act so different with the people that they are trying to impress.