Sports stars and movie stars have an obligation to behave as role models for the young people who look up to them. In return for the millions of dollars that they are paid, we should expect them to fulfill this societal responsibility.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
Responsible role models are vital for young people in today's increasingly online world. Sports players and movie actors are among the people that today's children look up to, setting an example to them about what is morally apt and what is not. The prompt claims that these celebrities have an obligation to behave in a responsible manner, as a role model, to fulfill a social responsibility for the youngsters of today. In my opinion, I mostly agree with this claim, although I disagree with the reasoning cited. There are three main aspects of this issue that must be considered to substantiate this opinion.
To begin, sports players and movie actors do not have an 'option' to tap out of the sights of young people (or the public eye, at large). They play active roles in entertainment and sports, which are fields that let them accrue a large young supporter base due to the thrill and joy associated with movies and sports. Sports stars may have to thwart the opposing team, and movie stars may have to act in unconventional or villainous roles. In these spaces, one may argue that they should not have to behave as role models since they are portraying characters or are strategizing against an opponent. This is a fair statement, although it does not cover the issue's scope: In life outside of these settings, young fans continue to follow or subscribe to these influencers on social media platforms, and are interested not only in their professional lives, but in their social lives as well. Due to the fact that these personalities are very frequently in the public eye, they thus have an obligation to make responsible decisions and say the right words online.
Extrapolating from the previous point, social media has increased the power of these people in expressing their views to their audience, and the world. Take the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020 for example. If it were not for the widespread condemnation of unjust acts of violence by these influential people, the movement would not have had as deep the impact that it had on society. People may claim that it was a grassroots movement that began with the common man, which is true. But the effect that sports and movie personalities had in helping the movement 'go global' cannot be understated. Hence, these people have lots of power in moving their supporter base towards social causes, by sometimes simply acknowledging them.
Finally, one must consider the money that goes into paying out these people: This money does come from movie and sports tickets that people buy, but is only bought towards watching a certain movie or sports event. It would be unreasonable to extend this line of reasoning to include social responsibility, considering that these actors are their own people outside of these events; they have a work life and a personal life, and forcing them to change aspects of their personal life for their societal responsibility is not a fair argument to make. One may argue that sports people should not consume alcohol or engage in gambling, and while it is fair to say that they should not be openly encouraging their fans to take part in such activities, it would be an invasion of privacy to make them completely abstain from these things.
In conclusion, sports and movie personalities do have an obligation to behave as role models for the young people who look up to them, without it taking a toll on their private lives. They serve as important figures in the lives of young people, and do owe them some amount of responsibility when it comes to their behaviour in public, and online. However, they should not have to be 'absolute' role models with every aspect of their lives being perfect. Thus, I only mostly agree with the prompt's claim, due to its method of reasoning.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 315, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a responsible manner" with adverb for "responsible"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...elebrities have an obligation to behave in a responsible manner, as a role model, to fulfill a social r...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, hence, however, if, look, may, so, thus, well, while, for example, in conclusion, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 14.8657303371 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 74.0 33.0505617978 224% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 91.0 58.6224719101 155% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3135.0 2235.4752809 140% => OK
No of words: 648.0 442.535393258 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.83796296296 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.04537849152 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6222142119 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 289.0 215.323595506 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.445987654321 0.4932671777 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 965.7 704.065955056 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 10.0 1.77640449438 563% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.4687041647 60.3974514979 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.625 118.986275619 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.54166666667 5.21951772744 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.368754608199 0.243740707755 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.111539463993 0.0831039109588 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0885273312172 0.0758088955206 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.233115837203 0.150359130593 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0823857591263 0.0667264976115 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.8420337079 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.09 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 100.480337079 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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