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2. Using the library database, find a few articles on the topic: nature vs. nurture. Summarize one of them and post here. Look for articles that support your thesis.
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2. Using the library database, find a few articles on the topic: nature vs. nurture. Summarize one of them and post here. Look for articles that support your thesis.
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Erik D.
I believe he did not have a choice because of the lifestyle he had at home. He was forced to become independent at an early age. I also, think that uit only made him stronger as a person. A he grew up he decided how he wanted his life to form. I believe you are the person runing your life. Some people say they rather let nature take its course and lets just see what happens. I believe you have to make things happen for yourself. One line I always hear is that you have to be your own advocate.
So, for my conclusion of what I think of this question I believe Tupac made his life the way he wanted it to be after he went through his horrible childhood.
Anaya Odom
English 1A
12 Nov 2009
Freewrite
Did Tupac have a choice at shaping his life or was it destiny which decided his outcome? Many people argue that everybody has a choice in shaping their own life and destiny. In the case of Tupac, first take a look at his background and what he came from. Tupac came from a politically active family who fought to make a change, and also had ties with the Black Panther party. Just to be the child of a Black Panther is enough weight on a person whether positive or negative. You have people watching you to see if you fail, people expecting you to make it, and people who want you to be the spokesperson of their community and represent them. I think the choices he had were to be true to himself, or become cliché. He in my opinion made the choice to stay true to himself. To say that destiny decided Tupac’s outcome is just like saying he was a product of his environment. Destiny is fate, and Tupac’s demeanor reflected what he had been through and seen in his life. However, people also argue that you can be the person you want to be. I can not say that he did not have a choice at shaping his life, but I can say that destiny decided his outcome.
Anaya Odom
Professor Sabir
English 1A
12 November 2009
The phrase Nature vs. Nurture goes back to 13th century France. The nature theory explains that people’s inherited predispositions or “animal instincts” control how they act. In contrast, the nurture theory states that people act and feel according to how they were taught to do so. It is obvious that both take part in the person we become, but the question is how much. The debate still continues today and will until we have an answer.
By Anne Hallford
1. There are many things that DNA has control over such as hair color, eye color, and height, but I do not necessarily believe it has an affect on whether someone will succeed in life. I believe that nurture has a bigger impact than nature. I do believe that certain aspects of a parent can be picked up on by a child. I do not know if I would say it comes in their DNA, but children tend to imitate things they see the adults in their life doing. If a child is cared for and shown affection when it is a baby they will grow up knowing affection and how to care for someone else. Of course like everything else in life there are exceptions to this, but I do not believe this was the case for Tupac Shakur. He made his choices; they were not made for him. Although he had to make certain choices because of the environment he was raised in, he knew that he had to make the choices and what the consequences may be. He was the man he was because that was how his mother raised him and taught him to be. Afeni Shakur taught her son, Tupac, life lessons that he took out into the world as he grew older. If he had not had his mother to teach him things about the world, he may have ended up a completely different person.
Bettie Nguyen (Tram Nguyen)
Professor Sabir
English 1A
15 November 2009
I would say that Tupac did have a choice in shaping his life because it was him who has made decisions for himself. For example, Tupac did not finish high school because he wanted to stop going. He could have finished high school and go to college, but it was his decision not to do that. However, destiny played a part of shaping his life because he did not get to choose who his parents were and he could not control his parent's actions, which affected his upbringing.
Title:
THE DEPENDENT GENE (Book Review).
Authors:
Abbott, Charlotte
Gold, Sarah F.
Rotella, Mark
Reiss, Janna
Zaleski, Jeff
Source:
Publishers Weekly; 11/5/2001, Vol. 248 Issue 45, p52, 1/3p
Document Type:
Book Review
Subject Terms:
DEPENDENT Gene, The (Book)
BOOKS -- Reviews
MOORE, David
GENETICS
NONFICTION
Abstract:
Reviews the book 'The Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of Nature vs.
Nurture,' by David S. Moore.
Lexile:
1130
Full Text Word Count:
321
ISSN:
00000019
Database:
MAS Ultra - School Edition
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Section: forecasts
THE DEPENDENT GENE (BOOK REVIEW)
Nonfiction The Fallacy of Nature vs. Nurture
David S. Moore. Holt, $27.50 (320p) ISBN 0-7167-4024-9
Western assessment of humankind has long involved genetics and Darwinian theory: "good" genes yield beauty and charm; "bad" genes are blamed for depression and violence. Drawing on recent work by many developmentalists, Moore, a professor of psychology at Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate University, proposes the Developmental Systems Perspective, a comprehensive theory maintaining that genes alone cannot determine our traits. Instead, our traits are highly influenced by a
hierarchical series ofinteractions involving information from sperm, egg, cytoplasm, mother's health and the world at large. External environmental factors such as habits, nutrition, access to healthcare, parents' income can affect birth weight and countless other factors.
Traits, says Moore, are determined by the interaction of genetic and
nongenetic factors, none of which is "more important than any other;
instead, they are all merely collaborators." Moore ably demonstrates the danger of genetically based judgments, citing such ill-fated examples of
genetic determinism as George Bush Sr.'s Alcohol and Drug Initiative in the early 1990s to target and treat potentially violent criminals and, of course, the Nazis' gruesome projects.
Historically, simplistic
evolutionary models have been used to discriminate against groups from
African-Americans to epileptics. Substantial discussion of eugenics and genetic typing brings into focus the ethical considerations of such models. Moore's developmental bent duly considers Darwinian development
and other factors.
Scientists and social service providers will be intrigued by this well-written, insightful and far more optimistic view of human development and evolution than most that have come before.
(Jan. 16)
Forecast: Renowned Darwinist Ernst Mayr's What Evolution Is, also due in January, will provide an interesting counterpoint to this one. Expect better than ordinary sales for both based on their conflicting perspectives.
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By Charlotte Abbott; Sarah F. Gold; Mark Rotella; Janna Reiss, EDITOR and Jeff Zaleski, FORECAST EDITOR
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Emmy Sanchez
Professor Sabir
English 1A
Did Tupac have a choice in shaping his life or was it destiny which decided its outcome?
Tupac had a choice in shaping his life. People are free to make their own decisions and are not forced by any outside forces to live a life they do not want to. There were factors that affected Tupac's desicions though. His mothers actions affected him, as did those of the people in his community. Overall he shaped his own life, not destiny.
Erik Wong
Professor Sabir
English 1a
The life that Tupac lived was one that was affected by both sides of the concept nature vs. nurture. Tupac was born into a society which put him through a lot of problems. His mother was addicted to drugs and his father was not around. The only thing he really had was the streets and the people. The effects of others and the lifestyle he had to live made him the great person. In his music he is greatly influenced by common ongoing issues that were in his everyday life. He was not born a thug but become one because of his situation. If he was placed into another society he would have most likely not have become a famous rapper.
Although most of his personality was shaped through his life, he was probably born with many of them as well. If Tupac were to grow up in a better society he still would have maintain his brilliant mind. Tupac was a very passionate person and he felt very passionate about the streets. He could have also been passionate about some other subject if the streets didn’t have an effect on him.
Debbie Lee
Professor Sabir
English 1A
I believe Tupac had a choice to either stat in school or drop out. He chose to drop out. In life you always have a decision to do what you want. Of course there will be difficult decisions but there is always decision to choose from. I believe he shaped his life over destiny.
I think Tupac was both destined and had the decision to become who he is today. He became who he is by making many decisions one being dropping out of high school in order to pursue in dream, that being rapping. But I feel it was also fate because it wasn't his decision to be raised he was and it wasn't his decision to that made him thin the way he did in order to make the decisions he did make. This is why I feel he was destined to be this way but also that it was his decision.
Tupac did have a choice to change his life, but when your in a type of society like this, it is so easy to get caught up in the wrong. Tupac was a good person but with his rise to fame came a series of altercations with the law further complicated his public image. Tupac was looked at as a good and bad person to some people. On some Albums he aimed at problems of young black males, but also violence by and against police.
Andrew Yuen
Tupac had a choice in shaping his life. The choices he made in the streets as well as in the music industry caused Tupac to be the person we know today.
Debbie Adame
Professor Sabir
English 1A
I believe that Tupac had a choice to either stay or drop out of school. But do this family troubles and issues that he faced, Tupac must of felt very stressed, and under a lot of pressure to be "the man that substains that household" and also because he didnt want to end up homeless .He felt force to drop out and find possibilities to survive in life and help his family as well has help the poor overcome poverty. He found himself getting in to the feeling and spirit of music and poetry that led to his success in his life.
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