Some people say that schools should spend more money on computers, others say that more money should be spent on teachers' wages. Discuss both views and state your opinion.

The scientific world is constantly changing and evolving, with solutions to the problems emerging from researches. One of those researches, claim that our inherited traits take the upper hand in shaping our personality, when compared with
life
experiences.
However it
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is a debatable matter and in
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essay I will highlight the views. No one can deny, that our genes are responsible for the expression of one’s genotype and phenotype. The information on our DNA is passed on through the genetics
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whether it may be physical or a behavioural trait. A child born to short-tempered, dwarf parents, will exhibit both of the characteristics.
Conversely
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many people believe that
life
experiences obtained through travelling
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work and families shape us into who we are as adults. Through travelling, as we explore, we learn to respect different customs, traditions and cultures which we might have been previously critical of.
Moreover
behaviour is learnt through environmental conditioning.
For instance
, if an innately aggressive person observes that kindness leads to more positive outcomes; he would use those experiences to channelize his own actions.
Furthermore
, innate quality can be greatly altered by the circumstances, and progress is greatly determined by individual’s own drive and hard work.
For example
, my father was born to an illiterate couple of low socioeconomic status; with none of his siblings acquiring any educational degree
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Yet my father, through his own determination, managed to get
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scholarship and attained his master’s degree in mechanical engineering, in one of the top universities in Iran.
Thus
, the negative and positive experiences in
life
impact on our personality and general outlook in
life
. In conclusion, I strongly believe, that despite genetics determining our identity and uniqueness, it is the actual
life
experiences that
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our personality. I am
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, that society as a whole, influence’s a person’s self-concept.
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