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    Role Models I've been pretty lucky to have a good role model. A role model is someone that you look up to and someone that will always be there for you. My personal heroes provided anything that I needed and most of what I wanted. They also disciplined me when I needed it They did not just let me run wild with no consequences. My mentors have been pretty successful in his life, but it was not always easy. Children do better in life with the help of a role model. They are more encouraged by them

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    In Romeo and Juliet there are many role models. However, very few are actually good role models. While Romeo is a hasty man, a romantic, and all together a sissy; Benvolio is level-headed, compassionate, and wise. These two men, while friends, are quite different--one being a bad role model, and the other being a good one. Romeo, although a romantic and very lovable character, is not a good role model for various reasons. In many times of trouble instead of looking for a solution to a problem, Romeo

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    Athletes Good Role Models? “With great power comes great responsibility.” This quote from Ben Parker, a supporting character in Spider-Man stories, can apply to professional athletes. When it comes to being great role models, they tend to abuse that responsibility. Considering Ray Rice, Michael Vick, Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant may have been considered role models on their athletic stages, they were not necessarily your suggested role models away from their athletic platforms. To be a good role model

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    Role models are very important in people's lives as they provide people with someone to look up to. Their actions are constantly looked and mistakes are highlighted. Roy makes two oddball friends and a bad enemy and joins an effort to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site Roy Eberhardt from the story Hoot is a good role model because he is warm-hearted and heroic. Roy Eberhardt is a good role model because he is heroic. and he

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    What is a role model? A role model is someone whose actions are looked up to and are imitated. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is perceived as a perfect role model for his community. In reality, he is not a good role model. Atticus Finch both evades the truth, is a hypocrite, and doesn’t use his talent to fight the horrible social injustices of his society. First off, Atticus is not a good role model because he evades the truth. During the rising action of the novel, Atticus goes to the

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    activists are kids and teens who want very badly for the world’s problems to go away. To be a teen activist, you have to be many things, but most of all, you have to be a really great role model. You have to be brave, courageous, and most of all, determined. One of the reasons that teen activists are good role models is that they are brave. For example, according to scholastic, ” When Iqbal Masih was just 4 years old, his parents sold him into slavery to pay off a $12 debt.” After six years of working

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    These images are representing role models. The bad picture with the child represents what bad role models do to the community while the second picture shows what good role models look like. I have added phrases saying "sports personalities can encourage bad role models" and "sports personalities can be good role models". In my third pictures of good and evil I have put in an image of the crowd at a sporting match fighting with each other. While my good image portrays the crowd at a sporting

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    The mythical journey of The Odyssey shows how a true leader and good role model should be. The Odyssey was told centuries ago by a man named Homer. The Odyssey is about a man named Odysseus who is traveling with his shipmates back home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, but he is facing many difficulties and deadly obstacles in his path to return back home. Meanwhile in his homeland of Ithaca, his wife Penelope is being greeted by suitors who want to be Penelope’s husband because they think Odysseus

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    Mandee Topicz Mrs. Link Physical Education January 26, 2016 Showing Good Character Athletes, business men, and Musicians all show as much Good character as possible to be successful. People all over the world at schools and in every day lives talk about and show good character. Good character practices has been going around the world, even when Abraham Lincoln was alive. Abraham Lincoln said, "Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree." The definition of character is "The aggregate

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    AFL players are good role models AFL players inspire young people all around Australia because meeting one of your idols at such a young age is invaluable. It inspires children to achieve dreams and overcome roadblocks, plus it encourages them to lead active and healthy lives. Many AFL players’ lead generous lives look at Collingwood defender Harry O'Brien who spends a significant part of his off-season in Africa, working with local communities and Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown frequently

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