What is a role model? A role model is someone you can look up to. There are different kinds of role models for different people. Many students have role models, and many of those role models are athletes. I think students should have athletes as role models because they work hard and having an athlete as a role model can bring children to have healthier lives. First, having an athlete as a role model can make children much healthier than just sitting and playing video games. “Athletes have to engage in regular, vigorous activity. In a relatively sedentary culture where much of life revolves around TV shows and video games, athletes model the benefits of physical activity to children and adolescents in a very real way.” This
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“Athletes have to work hard to stay on top of their game. The time baseball players dedicate to the sport goes well beyond the two or three-hour daily practice. They may spend six-to-eight hours a day just on baseball.” This quote explains that athletes work hard and practice more than 5 hours and will make students work harder. Third, having an athlete as a role model can make students study because students will have to study for tests.
Some people may think to have athletes as a role model because some athletes can negative behaviors like drugs and even worse. However, there are much more good person than the bad person so students can just avoid the bad athletes as role models and just pick the right role model such as Stephen Curry. “It’s perfectly fine to look up to star athletes for their performances on the field, but we need to readjust our expectations of how athletes should act once the final whistle is blown.” This quote means that one of the cyclist Armstrong used drugs for his career and lost the support of Americans. It can make students negative and have bad behaviors. In conclusion, I think students should have athletes as role models because they work hard and having an athlete as a role model can bring children to have healthier
“Athletes have to work hard to stay on top of their game. The time baseball players dedicate to the sport goes well beyond the two or three-hour daily practice. They may spend six-to-eight hours a day just on baseball.” This quote explains that athletes work hard and practice more than 5 hours and will make students work harder. Third, having an athlete as a role model can make students study because students will have to study for tests.
Some people may think to have athletes as a role model because some athletes can negative behaviors like drugs and even worse. However, there are much more good person than the bad person so students can just avoid the bad athletes as role models and just pick the right role model such as Stephen Curry. “It’s perfectly fine to look up to star athletes for their performances on the field, but we need to readjust our expectations of how athletes should act once the final whistle is blown.” This quote means that one of the cyclist Armstrong used drugs for his career and lost the support of Americans. It can make students negative and have bad behaviors. In conclusion, I think students should have athletes as role models because they work hard and having an athlete as a role model can bring children to have healthier