The Environment Through My Eyes

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How far has the environment helped you in becoming the person you are now ? Discuss the benefits and the drawbacks of the environment on an individual The environment is the surroundings and conditions one is brought up in. Does nurturing an individual in the "correct" surroundings produce a "superior" human being ? Let us examine the evidence. I am going to use myself as the "guinea pig", the subject of the "test". The first evidence to my advantage is my home environment. I was not born into a rich family. You could say it is lower middle class but my parents manage to put food on the table, send us to school, pay the fees and occasionally treat us to "cheap" school outings [which actually are school sponsored] or an annual fast-food treat (yummy KFC). We are happy, united and able to laugh at our lack of nature comforts. Being able to accept our lot make us more determined to create opportunities. The environment is our teacher. However, when I look at some of my schoolmates who come from broken homes and are traumatized by their conditions, I realize the environment can have a negative effect on the child. My first conclusion is that the environment is important to the extent that the individual can cope with the lack or the excesses. My second evidence stems from my entry into the residential school system. I was plucked out from my 'stable' home environment and thrown into the wilderness, a completely alien world to join 13-year old girls and boys in a boarding school. Here, we have wardens to keep a vigilant eye on us and the school has rules and regulations which cover the whole gamut of our life for the days we are in school. Occasionally during weekends, term breaks and holidays, we make the journey home but we come to regard the school as our first home. we learn discipline and time management. I find that many take to the system like a

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