Gender:
Female
Age:
11-14
15-18
19-25
Other _____
Nationality: Australian
1) Do your parents pressure you to have a good education?
o Yes
o No Pressure, no. Want me to have, yes.
2) Why do you think pressure to succeed exists?
Sometimes, putting pressure on people to succeed is the best way to motivate them. Other times, it really doesn't help, but people so desperately want you to have the best opportunities in life, and do the best you can, that they don't realise that they're doing it. Ultimately, it's all about people, especially parents and teachers, wanting people to do their best, although making them look good sometimes comes into it to
3) Do you think this pressure has a positive or negative effect on the socialisation (where by an individual learns the customs and norms of their culture to be accepted into society) process? Why/Why not? It doesn't have an effect on the socialisation process - it's part of the socialisation process. In some societies, there is a huge amount of pressure to succeed. In other societies, there is hardly any. The pressure doesn't help you learn about customs and norms, because the pressure itself is part of those customs and norms.
4) Do you think this pressure will exist in future generations? Why/ Why not?
Pressure to succeed will exist as long as people feel a need to succeed. Since a want to succeed is pretty much human nature, I can't see it stopping any time soon.
5) What other pressures are placed on you personally by your parents?
My parents never really pressure me to do anything. In the end, I think they realise that all that's going to happen is I'll get stressed out, and won't get anything done anyway, and I have to learn to do things for myself. They'll suggest that I do an assessment that I'm putting off, and they want me to do well in school etc, but if I never feel like I've let them down if I screw something up
6) How does this pressure to succeed affect you? How does it make you feel?
As I said, all pressure ever does is stress me out, which stops me from getting things done properly, creating more stress, etc, etc. So the lack of pressure from my parents is a very good thing, which I am incredibly thankful for.