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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“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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Athletes and Brothers as Role Models In today’s world‚ sport stars and other athletes are looked up to by all ages. When a star athlete does something good for charity or helps in a fundraiser‚ they set a positive example. But when a star athlete does something bad‚ like get arrested‚ do drugs‚ or drinks‚ they give kids the wrong idea. Often in society‚ we focus more on stars negative actions instead of their positive actions. Courage and determination aren’t the only lessons we can learn
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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 illustrate‚ athletes go to
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Due: 7/19/2015 Professor: Ms. Storey Topic: Issue 6 Side B: Professional athletes should not be expected to be role models. So‚ what really is considered a role model? According to the Webster dictionary‚ a role model is a person whose behavior‚ example‚ or success is or can be emulated by others‚ especially by younger people (Collins). Growing up one of my main role models was my mother. She was‚ as still is someone who is a hard worker‚ raised four kids while in school
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The person we are is a complicated mixture of how we look‚ behave and think. As people we are constantly changing‚ influenced by our surroundings. It is my belief that most people in modern society believe that the person they have become is a direct consequence of the decisions that they have made during their life. What most people don?t realise is that a great deal of decisions which have affected the course of their life were made before they were even born. In most cases‚ these decisions will
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Should Sporting Stars be better role models for the young? Well‚ do Sporting Stars ASK to be role models? Good Morning‚ Class 8-1. Today I am going to be presenting a speech on why Sporting Stars should not have the responsibility on their shoulders to be better role models for the young. Athletes and Sport Stars are just normal people. They are the same as you and me‚ I am lost for words! I’m not asking you to do my homework‚ so please don’t have a spaz that I should do it myself. Please give me
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Why Do We Dream Introduction a. Attention Getter: i. Who am I? Where am I? And why am I here? ii. Over time these three questions have become the classical philosophical questions of our existence. However‚ for you‚ I have the answers not even Aristotle‚ Socrates and Plato could give you. iii. You’re a broward college student‚ you’re in building 1008 and you’re here spending money for a better education. iv. But why do you dream? b. Topic Reveal: The question has yet to be answered. With the help
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Role model is “a person whose behavior‚ example‚ or success is or can be emulated by others‚ especially younger people.”1 In reading “Professional Athletes and Their Duty to Be Role Models” author concludes that professional athletes are not always required to act as role models within and beyond sporting arena. It begins with strong proclamation of Charles Barkley‚ a US National Basketball Association player: “I’m not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your
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Media Studies Article Report: The misconception of a “role model” and the relation to an athlete A role model: a noun‚ meaning a person whose behaviour‚ example‚ or success is or can be emulated by others‚ especially by younger people. An athlete: also a noun‚ a person who is trained in exercises or contents involving physical agility‚ stamina‚ or strength; a participant in a sport‚ exercise‚ or game requiring physical skill. Two entirely different words‚ and two very different definitions‚ yet
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