“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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Steven Pressfield’s The Gates of Fire is set in the fifth century B.C. in Greece. The story revolves around the famous battle of Thermopylae where three hundred Spartans held off hundreds of thousands of Persians‚ saving Greece. Pressfield creates a fictional story around the battle where one man‚ a squire named Xeones‚ survives to tell the Spartan story of the battle and the events preceding it. Xeones‚ who is the protagonist‚ tells his life story to the royal Persian historian while in captivity
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Keanu Reeves is one of the best well-known actors‚ producers‚ and musicians in the U.S. Reeves has been playing the role of hero‚ for he shares his wealth‚ time‚ and love with the world. Moreover‚ Keeves demonstrates he is a great man for making positive changes in other people’s life. For me‚ Reeves is an incomparable person whom I admire for he is a generous person and a role model: and‚ he is a sturdy person. When I first saw Reeves in some movies‚ I regarded him as an ordinary or typical actor
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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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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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things that they did. As I got a little older‚ I started looking towards my older brother as a role model and wanted to be like him‚ which caused me to develop other certain characteristics that I still possess.
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Brandenburg Gate Speech “Mr. Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall‚” stated Ronald Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. June 12‚ 1987 was the day a speech was given that was the start of unity for all of Berlin. Within two short years of this speech being presented‚ the wall that divided freedom and totalitarianism was tore down for good. President Reagan’s purpose was clear to all. His duty was to visit Germany as all of the past presidents had done‚ and promote the means of freedom
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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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Role Models and The Significance of Literature True poverty is something that many of us will never encounter. Frank McCourt survived harsh elements‚ an alcoholic father‚ an unrelenting religion‚ and the deaths of many family members. With such a hard life it makes one wonder how McCourt kept going day-by-day. Frank may not have had any materialistic items or a very good father but along the way we learn how McCourt found strength in literature and various father figures. Literature in any form
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