Nature and Nurture
As a student studying human development, I am often found in a class discussing the age old battle of nature and nurture. For those who do not know about this theoretical crusade, I will explain. In the 50s, there was a man named Watson who said he could make any child become what he wanted by changing his or her atmosphere (we all wonder at the state of his children). His argument was for NURTURE. He said that a person's environment determines who they are. Later, we had others come along who believed what makes a person (their choices, thoughts, etc) is their genetics. They argue for NATURE. Somewhere during the beginning of class, I realized that what I thought was an archaic argument is actually still raging on today. By the end of our class discussion, it dawned on me that this war of words and ideas is based on the question "Who a...