23 Examples and Idols- text
Our parents were our first role models. The brought us up and taught us to be polite and friendly. We were taught to greet and respect people, and help those who may need our help. Later when we started going to school we got to know more people and had to learn how to get on with them. We learned to be tolerant, patient and self-disciplined, but also determined and hard-working. These qualities are necessary if we want to be succesfull. At school, we learned how to compromise and cooperate with others to be able to fulfit the tasks we were given. We also learned to share our ideas with others. For some of us, our teachewers became our role models and helped us to cope with problems and overcome difficulties.
As we grew we became more and more aware of what is good and what is the bad. Now hopefully , we are able to tell the difference between polite and rude behaviour to tell the difference between people with high moral standards and those who live without these standards.
the teenage years are perhaps the most important period in the development of our personalities. But teenergers tend to look for role models outside their family or school. They have the ideals that their parents and teachers taught them but still they look for idols- people they can admire and follow. Because teenagers, love music, movies and sport, they might choose people they read about in newspaper and magazines, like pop singers, movie stars and famous sportsmen. Younger teenagers often idolize celebrities and try to imitate them in clothing, hairstyles and lifestyles. The influence celebrities have on the younger generation is really important, yet, it seems that not all pop stars understand or are even aware of this fact.
some celebrities live lives that few parents would approve of. It seems these rich and famous performers ignore the fact that what they do can influence their fans negatively.
They are drug or alcohol addicted their behaviour is eccentric and often wild, they do not respekt people around them and they think they are better than others. these celebrities are usualy rich enough to get help some time later on in life, but some never make it far and die young. Some young people follow in their footstep, failing into addiction, alcoholism and partying, not realizing that they do not have the money for alcohol or drug treatment facilities. Unfortunately these kids might never get help.
Parents, teachers celebrities the society in which young people live all these play important roles in the behaviour young people learn and the moral principles they acquire. If they fail to teach youngsters how to behave, young people will grow up selfish, mean, unhelpful and rude. Unfortunately, we can already see it every day crime is on the rise in robberies assaults, rapes and murders. Intolerance, rudeness and wild behaviour show that there are people who cheat, bribe and try to make profit in every situation.
On the other hand there are some famous people who are positive role models. These are the ones who have worked really hard to achieve success. Some organise live performances and mega concerts to raise money for charities who work with orpaned children, starving people or those suffering from terrible diseases, like AIDS.
Good role models can be found in literary works, too- in stories and novels. Most literary heroes are people with high moral standards with whom readers can identify and whose example they may follow.
Last but not least there are everyday heroes (lifeguards, firefighters, soldier, etc.), people who are brave and do not hesitate to risk their lives and help the victims of natural and man-made disasters such as earthquakes, floods, drought, and war. Their courage and high moral standards make them excellent role models which no one should be afraid to follow.
None of us are perfect. Each of us has both positive and negative character and personality traits. But every person he will be one who either respects people and tries to help them in any situation, or who cares only about himself. Either way one day we may become a role model for someone else. What type of role model will we be?