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.