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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2273057, member: 1764"] Don't disagree with any of that, however it's a very cynical way to view things. The fact is this young person has decided "I want to do this" and instead of just coasting along waiting for things to happen, she's gone out and made it happen. And now she's on the home stretch to realising her dream. Even if she doesn't finish, IMO she's a great role model for other young people. And there's that phrase...role model. I expect the response of "the only people who should be role models are your parents"...blah blah blah. However, I'm a firm believer that people need peers as role models as well as parents. Kids looking at Jessica Watson and saying "wow, if she can achieve her goal, then maybe I can achieve mine...how did she do it? What about her makes her so driven and successful? That's what I want to be like". That's the same way I look at footballers as role models..."wow, look at Locky...a kid from the bush who had talent but was able to make the most of it and took every opportunity...that's what I want to be like". But then we get into dangerous territory of what impact do these peer role models have when they **** up? So we'll leave that out of Jess's thread. [/QUOTE]

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