Role Models: Someone's Always Watching Monday, October 31, 2011 By Senior Zach Nuss - Zach Nuss Advertising The term “role model” generally means any person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others. Almost everyone has a role model in their life. That person could be a parent, a friend, a teacher, a sports hero or maybe it is someone who is far less than perfect, but is working to improve himself or herself. “I think a role model is a kind person who likes to help you. And my role models are the dancers, like the ones in high school,” said Second Grader Bailey Bennett. Who your role model is depends as much on you as it does on the person you look up to. Often, it is someone you would like to be when you get older or it might even be someone who does something you find difficult to do. They might be somebody who performs outstanding work, might be a community leader, or maybe they did an extraordinary feat or accomplishment that benefited many people. They might be someone that lives down the street, in the house next to you, or someone in another country. A role model can be anyone and they can be anywhere. The most common role models are young adults and teenagers. “Teenagers find themselves in this role a lot whether they know it or not.  They are put there by the younger kids and siblings. Most kids are watching the high school. Cameron High School students realize this and treat others with respect to show the younger students how you should act, and besides, every kid needs a hero,” said Athletic Director Kevin Nichols.   This is especially true for sports players. “The younger kids are inspired by the football player who makes the big tackle or soccer player who shoots the winning goal, especially when they hear the name of older player over the intercom and say, ‘Man I what to be just like him,’” said Junior Football Player Nathan Fagerstone.   The reason young kids look up to teenagers and adults is basically because they want a friend. They want to know the right way to do something or simply just needs to find someone to teach them a skill, or just how to act. So a child learns, in part, by seeing how the big kids handle problems and situations and tries to act just as they did. If teenagers are having bad attitudes, then most likely the younger kids will grow up to be the same way. That’s why it is very important for teenagers to show the right thing to do rather than solve problems by fighting or yelling. If teenagers can pull off the feat of good leadership and kindness, the younger kids will grow up to be great leaders as well. The difference between success and failing for most kids is a role model to show the right path so just remember someone is watching you for a path to follow.

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