it is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to become a good sports person or musician Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Some

people

argue that talented individuals are born

this

way and it can not be taught while others claim that any

person

can become good at sport or music if someone teaches him or her at an early age. There are certain physical

conditions

that favour an ability ,

for example

, tall

people

are usually better at some sports

such

as basketball.

Therefore

, if

this

condition is in the

person

's genes, it can not be learnt.

This

is the main argument for believing that

talent

is something you are born with.

Nevertheless

, having those

conditions

is not enough and to become a talented individual, he or she would have to learn and practice that ability. After all, not every tall

person

is good at basketball.

Additionally

, if genetics were extremely important it would be much more common for children of talented

people

to inherit the same

talent

. There is a psychologist that decided to teach his future children to play chess to prove that

talent

is learnt. He had never played chess before so he started practising and

then

taught it to his 3 daughters. All of them were among the best female chess players of their age. The psychologist wrote a book telling his experience.

This

is considered the main

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that anyone can excel in anything if he or she practices enough.

However

, it is

also

known that many

people

tried very hard to become good at something without success.

For instance

, there are many actors that went to places

such

as Hollywood and even though they studied and practised acting they never achieved their dream of becoming a film

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. To conclude, there are several factors that influence

talent

like physical

conditions

and the time spent practising and learning something. In my opinion, neither view can explain completely how a

person

can become good at something and

that is

probably because both of them are necessary

conditions

to achieve it.