Opposition / 1st Speaker

Thank you Mr/Madam speaker: a very good morning I bid

to Mr/Mdm speaker, honourable adjudicators, the government
team, my fellow team mates and members of the house. We,
the opposition team are here today to take a stand against the
topic for today’s debate entitled ` Peer pressure is more
beneficial than harmful”.
I as the leader of the opposition team will hightlight on the
effects of peer pressure on an indivudual’s performance . While
our second member will draw your attention on how peer
pressure influences one’s behaviours, values and health .
While , our third opposition member will convince you with
her/his suporting facts as she rebuts, rebuts and rebuts.
First and foremost, I as the opposition leader would like to
reaffirm our stand that peer pressure is more harmful than
beneficial based on our redefinition of peer. Peer is defined as
somebody who is the equal of somebody else; example in age
or social class. Pressure means something that affects
thoughts and behaviour in a powerful way, usually in the form of
several outside influences working together persuasively . In
other words, peer pressure is a constant state of worry and
urgency which are powerful and stressful demands on
somebody's time, attention, and energy, or a demand of this
sort.
Before I continue, allow me to relinquish false arguments
put forward by the government team. He/she mentioned that
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We the opposition team strongly disagree with this lame
arguement put forward by the government team
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Members of the House,

In strive to succeed in our life, one is face with all kinds of
challenges and one needs every moral support we can get
around us and such support would be obtainable from people
who are of the same status as us.Thus, to be in “the group”
one would work hard and exert pressure on himself so that he
is able to conform to the group.
Members of the House,
when a person gives in to peer pressure he/she has the
expectation that he or she is accepted by the group and
become one of them provided he/she meets the standard. Thus
the drive to work or play or live by the standard set by the peer
will cause harmful stress to him or her. For example, a teenage
girl would do anything to conform to her peers. Be it in term of
dressing ( where trend in fashion changes rapidly) or lifestyles.
She needs to spend more money to keep up with the trend but
when money become the obstacle for her to be trendy, she then
resort to shoplifting, stealing, robbing or even worse, going into
prostituition. These, ladies and gentlemen are common cases
of juvenile deliquencies.
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Members of the House,
let us put the situation into practice. A student who belongs to
an elite group in school will put all his efforts to ensure he gets
good grade for all the examination but when the exam pressure
he/she experience is too immense , he might opt with cheating
during the examinations which is indeed a serious offence.
Thus, peer pressure forces a person to do things which are
foolish and damaging to himself.

In another situation, atheletes are also experiencing peer

pressure as they have to perform their best in the world of sport
be it in the track , field events or in games. In order to do so,
they train extensively and apply tremendous forces on
themselves which sometimes is beyond their physical
capability.
Thus, resulting in exhaustion which leads to some other
health problems or even physical injuries. As a result, they will
not be able to participate in the competitions. All their efforts
are wasted.
Members of the House,
These situations worsen, when the atheletes opt to take
drugs when they want to maintain their stamina. We come
across these cases in international competitions and games
such as the Olympics.
Members of the House,
It is undeniable that peer pressure is NO PLEASURE at all. It
affects one’s performance, thoughts and behaviours in such a
powerful way that lead us to do unsensible things and make
bad decisions in life.
Indeed, members of the house, you should realize by now that
peer pressure is indeed more harmful to us. With this, I rest my
case.