Whether you look up to your parents, coaches, teachers, or someone else, everyone can find a role model. For teens, role models typically have roots in Hollywood and the sports world. Famous role models can be anyone from an athlete to an actor or actress. Teenagers find comfort in looking up to the rich and famous. Music master and teacher Mr. Rob Seng said that “without a doubt” teens find influence in celebrities. According to Seng, modern generations are exposed to more media, which creates a greater influence in what teens see. “MTV has changed,” he said. “You now have shows like ‘Cribs’ and ‘Pimp My Ride’ that make kids more materialistic. Kids are now saying, ‘I need this because so and so has it.’” Sociology teacher Mr. Tom Dubay also said that celebrities impact teens and how they act. “Fashions are copied, ways of speaking are copied, and typically teenagers copy what they see,” he said. “This trend goes back to the sixties, but it wasn’t as widespread as it is now.” Senior Dave Lowe agrees. “Celebrities are placed in forums teens most access, like the Internet and in television programs that teens watch the most.” For Seng, his biggest role models in high school were Bruce Springsteen and Pete Townsend. He felt that as they became famous they weren’t “his” anymore; he had lost them. On the contrary, Dubay didn’t have a celebrity role model when he was a teen. “All of my role models weren’t famous,” he said.