I defy anyone walking past not to join it simply out of peer pressure and herd mentality.
And, in its undercurrent of violence and portrait of a loner who tries to resist the mob mentality of his peers, Reckord's play uncannily prefigures Edward Bond's Saved.
When I was a teenager, I detested the small town mentality of my Ibicenco peers, longing instead for the day that I could be in a city of excitement and culture, where I felt I belonged.
Texas Rangers relief pitcher Jake Diekman is outspoken about his life with ulcerative colitis, sharing his "Gut It Out" mentality with patients, fans, and peers.
Banks that are not TBTF appear to have succumbed less to the herd-like mentality that brought their larger peers to their knees.
Both these qualities lend themselves towards the prod of peer pressure and the tendency towards a herd mentality.
IF there is one thing about teenage overachievers that can grate on the nerves of less accomplished peers, it's the eyes-on-the-prize mentality that suggests that a lack of goals amounts to aimlessness.
He has observed, he said, a shift among his peers away from the corporate track and toward a more artistic mentality.
With this mentality, I never was grouped together with my Latino peers.
"There was a real herd mentality to get into investment banking," said Ms. Levy, noting that prestige, peer pressure and parents often channeled students to Wall Street.
