and don’t even know it. Many just think of it as following styles, or going along with the flow, but in fact, they are worshipping a popular person who has done the very same thing. The influence of an immoral hero on an easily impressed teenager is rather heartbreaking. Many celebrities in the present do not care much for their public image. More and more high profile citizens are involved in crimes, drugs, adultery, divorce, and greed. This impacts teenager and other youths because of the fact that many look up to them, and see this behavior. It may not take affect immediately, but if society allows them to get away with such behavior, teens do not see anything Carlos 4wrong with it. In short, bad heroes are influencing today’s teens, which are tomorrow’s leaders. A prime example of this problem is the former President Bill Clinton, and his sexual exploits with Monica Lewinsky. Not only did he get away with something that is very improper for a married man to do, but people also made money off of it. From books, to news specials, to interviews. Many of the people involved in the incidents made money off of them, and became celebrities for the wrong reason. The key point is, that society today has lost touch with the basic morals of life, and the after affect is that youths are seeing that way of life as the only way. A teenager could become the next O.J. Simpson, or the next Bill Clinton. The role models and so-called heroes of today have also become some of Americas Most Wanted, in a sense. A statistic from the NFL states that over 75% of the present players in the NFL have been involved in some kind of felony case. (Bentley,147) It took an event of the magnitude of September 11th to get people in the United States to really question who are real heroes that should be worshipped by everyone. This title should go to the persons who, when everyone was getting out, they were getting in, and trying to save other̵...
