Have you ever had to change your tire after a blow out, only to have a nice person stop and help you, or have you ever been given a ride to a gas station after running out on the freeway. If that has happened to you, the friendly person might have a special place in your heart. Heroes are just that, nice people doing nice things for other people. One can also say that heroes are ordinary people doing extraordinary acts of kindness. Real heroes are not media creations; they are the kindly stranger who offers a helping hand, a teacher who shows a student the joys of learning, and the men and women serving in America's military.
             A hero can be a friendly person who helps another person just out of the kindness of their heart. If you personally have ever been helped by somebody you didn't know. If so that person probably is somewhat of a hero to you personally, you might even send them a Christmas card every year just for helping you on that troublesome day. When a friendly stranger offers to assist someone for no reason other than that person is just being helpful, it gives one the feeling that not everybody around is a self-centered, non-caring individual, but there are actually caring people in the world. The more people do stop and help other people the better everybody feels as members of society. It has been said, that one person can make a difference, which is a true statement. If one person can make a difference in just one person's life, than that can make anybody a hero to anybody.
             Teacher is though often overlooked are some of the best heroes. Besides a child's parent, they will spend most of their young life in the company of a teacher. Therefore, the teacher is the most prominent and influential figure in a child's life. A good teacher can push a student in the right direction with little resistance from the child. By giving an under achieving student the extra attention he or she req...