1. Which of the following best describes a central idea of the text?
A Students are susceptible to all sorts of outside influences.
B Students, teenagers especially, always desire the approval
of their peers, whether consciously
or unconsciously.
C The pressure to conform or 'be popular' with one's peers
may negatively affect their choices in education.
D It is considered undesirable, or‘uncool', to want to better
oneself in school, and therefore many
students conform to
this idea in order to gain popularity.