Role Model?S Of Today Essay, Research Paper
Who are the Role Model?s of Today?
Who are the role models of today? It seems as though the culture of today has
the tendency to mistake who a role model is rather then what a role model should
be. How, then, is a role model defined? A role model is a person in our lives that
give us inspiration, hope and keep our spirits up. Roles models help us in our
difficult times that we may have, by giving us words of wisdom that will help us get
through our difficult times. We might wonder if we really need these role models in
our lives? For instance, if we didn?t have role models in our lives would we be able
to over come our difficult times. Yes, we might be able to but would we have the
extra encouragement to keep our spirits bright?
Role models are often athletes, entertainment figures, political figures and our
parents. One of the greatest athlete role models is Michael Jordan. He is an athlete
with undying will, tremendous courage, awesome defense, and unbelievable
scoring. Michael Jordan, seems to be without a weakness, making him a great role
model for youths and adults. He is a great athlete and a great human being for
young youths to look up to. Michael plays hard every day. He never takes time off
from the game that is his life. Michael feels pain like everyone else, but he has the
focus, the concentration and the will power to play in spite of it. He often inspires
the youth to strive for their goal as he does in everyday life, always encouraging
them never to give up. Another great Athlete role model is Tiger Woods. Tiger
thinks that being a good role model to others is even more important than his golf.
He thinks his golf is just a vehicle for him to influence people. He wants to
influence kids in a positive way, Tiger feels that?s what it?s all about. Tiger and his
parents put together The Tiger Woods Foundation in order to promote both golf and
non-sports activities for disadvantaged children, which is one of the many ways that
he is shown as a great role model.
In contrast to great athlete role model, their are many great entertainment
figures and political figures as roles models. A great entertainment role model figure
is Christopher Reeve. He is known to the world as superman, who shows a symbol
of strength. Christopher Reeve has over come a very tragic accident in his life.
During a riding show two years ago, he fell off his horse and landed on his head.
The fall broke his spinal cord and he was paralyzed from the neck down. Although,
he is not able to move from the neck down, Reeve continues to do public
appearances for other paralyzed people. He has been an example to all, that you
can keep going in spite of your limitations. He is an excellent example of what a
role model should be.