Dear Sway
By: Sydney Smith and Tre'von Young
By: Sydney Smith and Tre'von Young
Dear S.W.A.Y.,
I have several classes with my EX-best friend! How do I successfully avoid them? Yikes! First of all, I feel your pain. As a personal victim of this, here are some tips. If you have assigned seats, talk to your teacher about the situation and hopefully they will make alternative seating arrangements. If the seating arrangements are not changed but your teacher allows you to listen to music during class, try putting in your headphones to tune them out. If you are stuck working on a project with them, be as cordial as you can be. When all else fails, ignore them! |
Dear S.W.A.Y.,
When I’m around my friends, they smoke and drink. They talk about how cool and fun it is. They try to get me to do it too, but I do want to start engaging in these bad behaviors. How do I deal with this type of peer pressure? Peer pressure sucks. The best way to deal with this type of pressure is to start distancing yourself from the people who are not respecting your choice to not do something you know is negative. If they are our friends you should be able to tell them the pressure to try and make you do something you do not want to do makes you uncomfortable. If they laugh or get mad, you really do not need them in your life. Look to find better friends with the same goals and morals as you. |