Option 2.
After completing the power point exercise, I was left very curious as to what other people put down as heroes and celebrities. I know that my hero count was significantly less than that of the celebrities, and I wonder if that is normal in today's media drenched world. I know the mass media today would have me believe that many of the movie stars and tv hosts I saw should be heroes. They put them on pedestals and tell us that we should strive to be like them, that they are perfect, almost god-like. I know that almost every hero is not perfect, and those vets in that picture surely aren't. My Grandpa is a veteran and he is not perfect, but I love him for it and he is a hero in my eyes. A hero is not a perfect bodied movie star, or a loud mouthed talk show host, or even a comic book character, as the media would have us believe. No, a hero is someone who is not perfect, but somebody who sacrificed so others could gain. I wonder how many people had even heard of, not to mention knew about, Harvey Milk before they saw the Oscar's on Sunday night..
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Yeah man I totally agree that the media tells us that we need to have perfect bodies and be rich to be a hero. It seems like the REAL heroes should get more of the spotlight than celebrities but, again, in our media-saturated culture people want to have a fantasy life where they are rich and/or good-looking, hence the media pays more attention to celebrities. It's a real mixed up world it is...
ReplyDeletewhat you both said makes a lot of sense, which is kind of ironic o me because when i was a kid i wanted to be a movie star, and now i realize that i would never want to be scrutinized like that, its just not worth it. thats why im going to strive to be a hero teacher and hand out "A for the days" and "C-'s" to the smartmouths. that way i can make a difference, like you grandfather did, eddie. a man like that is a good kind of role model treat him well.
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