FREE ESSAY ON ROLE MODELS

ROLE MODELS

Role Models 
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.