Peer pressure has been getting a bad repute of late and with good reason but the fact remains that it is the same peer pressure that plays a critical role in shaping the lives of so many teenagers and can help set them on a path to self-discovery. What’s more, peer pressure can be quite …
Brain drain is a real concept and one that had been characterized in the last several decades by the immigration of talented people out of developing nations to that of the developed world and in most cases, the US. The concept seems to be a tad far-reaching in the sense it presupposes that the recipient …
It is hard to imagine our lives without our daily installment of television programs; ever since television was invented in the 1920’s, it has been part and parcel of the entertainment scene. In fact, television sets which were crude, to begin with, were soon improved along with the color television making the rounds, during the …
Bullying is something that all of us had gone through at one point or another and there’s a very good reason for why we think that it has an inimical effect on society as a whole. Most schools often had to deal with cases of rampant bullying by one person or one particular group, who …
Love makes the world go round; love for one other, the love we profess towards our family and friends, or even love for ourselves. When it comes to defining this love, we often find it hard to do so in simple terms. But it is a powerful motivator one that can affect us both physically …
