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12 Giv e Us a Role Model
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Give Us a Role Model

Theme: Determination/Courage

Time to start

Identify these famous personalities. Who among these would you like to
have as your role model? Or do you admire anyone else as your role model?
Discuss in class. life skill self-awareness

Now, read the essay.

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do
something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then
I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.

—Mahatma Gandhi

Why should I meet young students in particular? Seeking the answer I went back to my
student days. From the island of Rameswaram, what a great journey it’s been! Looking

back it all seems quite incredible. What was it that made it possible? Hard work?
Ambition? Many things come to my mind. I feel the most important thing was that I
always assessed my worth by the value of my contribution.
The fundamental thing is that you must know that you incredible: difficult to believe
assessed: evaluated or estimated
deserve the good things of life, the benefits that God the nature, ability, or quality of
bestows. Unless our students and young believe that they bestow: to present (an honour,
right, or gift)
are worthy of being citizens of a developed India, how will enlightened: having or showing a
they ever be responsible and enlightened citizens? rational, modern, and well-informed
outlook

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