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"I'm
an entertainer when I'm on stage, and they need to
explain that to their kids. That's not my job to do that."
-Britney
Spears
I was just thinking about who I looked
up to as a child, and
thought about the girl who was my role model until I was around twelve.
Then I felt sad when I thought
about something she said, about her not wanting to be a influence on
girls like me. That is what my article is about; being a role model
when you may not want to be.
It saddens me that people like Britney think that they can just step on
a stage and suddenly shed their influence on other girls. It would be
like me suddenly saying to my niece, "Don't look up to me right now,"
when I am watching The Osbournes.
I cannot do that. I know that people
look up to me, and that is something I can't reverse. That is a main
reason that I don't date on Whyville, because I want to show newbies
that there is more to Whyville than getting a virtual
boyfriend/girlfriend.
She doesn't understand that even if
parents talk to their kids
about
her "Entertaining Job", kids may not understand. It makes them feel
unwanted as a fan, a friend, a relative. It is similar me saying, "I'm
a
dancer when I'm in my pointe shoes, and my sister needs to
explain that to her kids. That's not my job to do that." Sorry Britney,
nobody has a role-model on/off switch.
I hope that I have showed you about
what it is like to be a
role-model.
Even if you think that you are not a role model, you just might be.
Well, since I am a "Role" model, I got to "Roll"!
-minty0323
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