This is a fact in our today's world, that almost every single person wants to look successful far before they are, especially the young folks.
So you can be walking on the streets and a boy that you're 4-5 years older than can drive by on an all new Benz car with tinted glasses, ordinarily you can see that this person is not even close to afford one spare part of the vehicle but yet there he is driving a car that literally it would take him many years to work, take care of so many needs before even talking about affording any car.
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Really, when we talk of societal pressure this is it, the pressure to look successful by all means , doesn't matter whatever it is you do, just have money, you will be respected, honored given titles.
No body cares weather you sacrificed 100 persons to make money, nobody cares, no wonder we hear several ritual cases, kidnapping, robbery, killings of all sort, the young men are under serious pressure to proof a point to be taken seriously.
I see in my area young boys now driving tricycle a popular means of transportation now, it's easier, fast and reliable, it seems going to school, get a degree then get a job is a long protocols no body has that time to waste anymore.
I have been under such pressure, I mean looking at my mate or someone I am older than already living far ahead of me is a slap to my face, not like I envy them or want them to be at my level no, just that it makes me feel sad about taking the long way out, makes me question the essence of education, why it took me these number of years and nothing to show for it, now I'm looking for a job to even start a life.
They are basically two ways to become successful: Legitimately or illegally, the former is birthed out of societal and peer pressure while the former comes out of determination, discipline and the desire to breakthrough, the later ends quickly while the later can transcend to generations, so choose your choice wisely.
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