Hero

What makes a hero?

These are from Mrs. Jones' Fourth Grade Class at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Austin, Texas.

A hero can be anyone like your dad, mom, sister or your brother. - Victoria

To me, a hero is a someone who helps people in trouble. Also, someone who fights evil and defends the world from people who want to take over it. Someone who cares. - Duke

A hero is never bad to you in any way. - Stephanie

A hero saves people when they are in trouble. - William

A hero to me is someone who would be the kind of person who stays by your side and believes in you (like a friend). - Rebekah

A hero protects me from doing good or bad. - Ana

A hero is a person who would save the world from villians. I think a hero would have his own tv show of him saving the world. A hero might have superpowers maybe. - Maria

A hero to me is someone who sacrifices their time to do something for someone else. - Gabi

I think a hero is a person who is not afraid of anything that could look death straight in the eye and helps poor people everywhere and will save you and will do anything to help friend and foes alike. - Dion

My hero is someone that no one can beat. - Fernando

A hero to me is someone who is brave and has courage. That hero would have to remember whatever he does he has a good heart and believe he could do it. - Celeste

A hero would have to be very strong. - Paul

I think a hero is someone you depend on. It's someone you can trust. A hero to me doesn't have to fight "bad guys". A hero to me is someone who cares about the poor, the animals, the plants, and people who are sick. - April

A hero is someone you can look up to. - Amanda

I think of a hero as someone that believes in us and has courage. Someone that will care someone that will sacrifice for me. Someone that will help me when I am doing wrong and help me to do right. Someone that is strong and firm. Someone that has love for all people good and bad. - Trey

A hero is someone who saves the day. - Vinson

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