The Wimbledon Championships Around the end of June every year, we welcome an annual sporting event that has long been a fixture on our televisions during the summer: the Wimbledon Championships. For this two-week period the most prestigious tournament on the tennis calendar takes place, the British nation become tennis fans, and tennis courts around the country are full of budding tennis players. So what is it about the Wimbledon Championships … [Read more...]
Facebook Peer Pressure – A ‘The Green Rooms’ Survival Guide
Facebook Peer Pressure Peer pressure is the influence that a peer group has over others that encourages them to change their attitudes or behaviours to conform to group norms. This can be both a positive and negative experience. In the past, peer pressure was associated with schools, work places and other social situations where we interacted at a face to face level. In recent years however, peer pressure has been extended into private homes … [Read more...]
