Hey everyone,
We talked a lot about heroes and role models in English on Friday, so I thought I would post the defintions of each so that we can all see the differences... and similarities.
Hero: a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities; a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal
Role Model: a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, esp. by younger people.
[both are courtesty of http://www.dictionary.com/]
I personally feel that there is a difference between the two, but I'm sure there are others out there who disagree :)
-Becca
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I agree with becca on that they are two different titles to give different kinds of people. To me a hero is someone who "saves the day" and in this day in age we dont have as many of these kinds of people. The few that are around are undercover and don't need reconition. A role model is someone who I feel you personally choose for yourself to look up to and do what they do. These people get more reconition. However, some of the wrong role models are getting too much reconition like...ummm an obvious on Ms. Britney Spears. So I think a hero is a more permanent label and a role model can be used more loosly. Just my thoughts.(I also wish this had spell check)
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