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Anyone wanted to be like Alex Keaton?

Michael J. FoxI am watching Netflix and the Family Ties episode “Speed Test”. In this episode Alex was trying to be perfect and used drugs to get good grades and score well on his tests. Alex did many stupid things on the show, but I seemed to ignore them as a kid.

Now watching the show Alex seems more like a jerk than a role model. He was intelligent, could be funny, and seemed to do well with women. I know he was written to be the foil of the good characters in his family, but he seemed to take a perverse pleasure in being the bad guy.

Now I’d rather be more like myself. Role models seem kind of silly.

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Wisconsin Boy Saves Grandma’s House From Foreclosure

 

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14020 PATH North Dakota Foster Care (Photo credit: bsabarnowl)

Great work Noah! Isn’t it scary that people who give so much end up on the losing end so often? I wish that banks could have access to an emergency fund for cases like this so payment plans could be worked out. Why do we treat someone who has been a foster parent to hundreds of people as though money is the only factor here?

 

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