Whilst going through normal day to day life this week it became apparent that the "broken society" is the hot topic of recent days. With a child fathering a child in most of the papers this week i felt that the NBA All Star weekend couldn't have come at a better time. I shall explain.
This article, in The Sun, shocked me this week. Reading through the article I came across the video and without the mass media coverage you would probably think the boy is the 8 year old brother of the baby as opposed to the father(if you don't really listen to it that is). This is my first example of the "broken society". The other one I stumbled, well I didn't literally stumble but someone else had, across was whilst walking home after training on Friday night. There was a crowd of people and an ambulance surrounding a lad. He must have been about 14 at most I would have thought, he'd collapsed through drinking silly amounts of alcohol. The paramedic couldn't get a word out of him, and his illiterate or drunk pal wasn't of much help to her either.
Anyway to the NBA All Star weekend. Would the society be so broken if role models stepped up to the plate and helped out once in a while? I think that people like sports stars, musicians etc. can make a massive difference in someone's life. Just thinking a person you look at as a God on stage, court or whatever, cares about you could change your life. With the All Star Weekend comes the NBA Day of Service. A day in which players, coaches and even commissioners go out and work for community based projects, usually with kids. You can actually physically see the adoration in their faces and enjoyment they got from being face to face with their role models. The players even enjoy it. To quote Dwight Howard (Centre, Orlando Magic), " I really enjoyed working with the kids, it was great fun. You can make a difference and it's a good feeling."
Now to be fair to the 6' 11" man-child that is Dwight Howard, he does do alot of community work. But I can't help but ask the question, if they enjoy it, why don't they do it more often?
8/10, would read again.
ReplyDeleteI was under the impression that when you stumbled across something it meant you actually fell over it.
ReplyDeletelove the paragraph gaps, very dramatic.
ReplyDeletelol yeh i only noticed when i'd posted it and couldn't be bothered going back and changing them lol
ReplyDeleteI completely agree, role models mould a path for a child from birth til death.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I look to my role model in Paul Gascoigne - if only more people were like him.
Is this Gramsci or Metters?
ReplyDeleteAnd cheers for tagging teenage pregnancy, i occasionally search that for the ol' wank bank.
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