The role of professional athletes as role models for the youth is a debatable topic. Should they be the people your children look up to and try to be like? Or are they just popular people who have let fame get to their head and influence them to make poor choices? While there are many people who believe that they should be responsible for setting good examples for the millions of children in the world‚ there are equally as many that believe they should not be put under that kind of pressure on top
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Sir Henry Parkes played the key role in uniting the six colonies of Australia. Though he died five years before the federation was formed‚ he is considered the ’Father of Federation’. The Times aptly named him ’the most commanding figure in Australian politics’ at the time. Henry was born in England. As a son of a small-scale tenant farmer‚ he could not study in school for long. Even though he had to odd jobs to make ends meet‚ Henry never gave up on life. He self-educated himself‚ and also associated
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“I am not a role model‚ I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball‚ doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” – Charles Barkley. Professional athletes are not the best people to be role models for kids. Steven Ortiz‚ a sociology professor at Oregon State and the author of several published studies on athletes ’ bad behavior says‚ "Spoiled-athlete syndrome begins early in sports socialization. From
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Early Life and Career Barack Obama‚ the 44th President of the United States‚ was born on August 4‚ 1961 in Honolulu‚ in the state of Hawaii to Barack Obama‚ Sr. (1936–1982) (born in Rachuonyo District‚Kenya Colony‚ British Empire) and Stanley Ann Dunham‚ known as Ann (1942–1995) (born in Wichita‚ Kansas‚ United States). Obama spent most of the early years of his childhood in Honolulu‚ where his mother completed college after his parents divorced. Obama started a close relationship with his maternal
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A role model is someone looked up to and held in high esteem. They are often emulated and referred to for guidance. Children being very influential can be heavily affected by their role models. A role model for a child is someone seen as big and great in their eyes. Whoever the role model may be‚ children will pick up actions‚ words and mannerisms from them. It affects them in every way‚ how they deal with people‚ their dress‚ and vocabulary and how they aspire to be. Role models can have a positive
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before the nation. President Obama certainly used many forms of rhetoric and rhetorical devices during his long journey that eventually ended at the steps of the White House‚ and he did not stop there. During his inaugural speech‚ President Obama put to use many‚ if not all‚ of the methods that are commonly taught at our institutions. Traditionally‚ rhetoric is based on creative arguments and analyzing‚ but in the early twentieth century people gave
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2-25-13 Society considers athletes to be the perfect role models for children. Athletes teach kids determination‚ how to stay encouraged‚ be physically active‚ and proper behavior. These life skills may be very important in a child’s lifetime. Looking up to these amazing people should diminish laziness‚ and other degrading qualities‚ and hopefully change the way society is viewed forever. Athletes make such marvelous role models‚ because they encourage kids to stay physically active. To
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factor is a role model. For many kids their role models are a favorite singer‚ athlete‚ or their parents. Based on what they do‚ we think its right to do. As we become older‚ sometimes we change who our role models are but at the same time‚ we can keep the same one‚ we may just have a better understanding of what to do. We will always stand up for the one that we admire‚ sometimes even if we know that everyone else is right and that you’re wrong. Sometimes our views of our role model are that‚ well
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who finds himself caught up in adventures of murder‚ love and treasure hunting. One may question whether or not Tom is a good role model. On the surface‚ it appears that Tom is neither an entirely good nor entirely bad role model‚ but rather a boy maturing from a troublemaker into a young man. Tom’s behavior and treatment of others prove him to be a negative moral role model. In the end Tom’s conscience helps him make good decisions‚ Sometimes his friends and his mind wants them to go on adventures
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Barack Obama Debate Hello colleagues‚ I am Barack Obama. I would like you thank you all‚ if you voted for me as President of the United States of America for a second term. Right‚ well you’re probably thinking why should I vote for him when my best friend Thor is in there too? Do you really want to know why you should vote for me? Because I am the voice‚ the person that can get YOU heard when you need to be heard most. I SHOULD stay in the balloon. I’m sure you’ve heard my captivating
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