...Nature Vs Nurture Of My Life The natural characteristics of a person can either be quite similar or quite different to the unnatural characteristics of a person. The natural characteristics of a person are the traits that come from their parents; the ones that people are born with which are genetically. These traits are developed biologically. The unnatural characteristics of a person, or the nurtured characteristics, are the traits that people develop themselves after they are born. The environment of a person’s life greatly determines their personality. The traits a person has that they weren’t born with are the traits that the environment has influenced on them. There are many traits that I have inherited naturally through genetics from my mom and dad. I can tell that my work ethic has been inherited from my dad because he is a very hard worker and I also strive to achieve my personal best. My mom tends to be very sensitive at times and concerned for other people’s feelings, which I know, I have inherited. I have also inherited my dad’s super mathematical skills and my mom’s loving abilities. I can also tell that I have inherited a good sense of well being from my mom. There are also many behaviors that I have developed from the environment I grew up in. I have learned to respect all people from being influenced at school and by my parents. I’ve also been trained to be responsible of things such as doing my work. I learned that if I am not responsible and don’t do my work...
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...My Personal learning and Education My stand on the nature verse nurture controversy, and my personal learning philosophy has been sculpted by my many years as an Early Childhood Educator with families and their children zero to five years old. I believe in the interconnectedness of the two elements of nature vs nature in children’s development. I stand alongside by Pregnancy and Early Childhood education that the child can start learning from the very early on the mother wound and children are born with a unique personally an individuals that will gradually unfold. However the key in helping empower parents and their children’s personally and intellect reach its full potential through provision of an enriched nurturing environment. From...
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...Nature vs. Nurture “Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that carry them far apart.” – Confucius, Analects, 500 B.C.E. (Myers, 71). Continuously the argument of nature versus nurture greatly impacts the world of Biology and Psychology. Genetics (nature) plays a vast role within a person’s life, but their environment (nurture) shapes their character as well. Both of these qualities create a unique individual and people would often argue it is fifty percent nature and fifty percent nurture, however people, circumstances, and spirituality all are part of your environment (nurture). Personally, in my opinion, nurture outweighs nature and specific people under certain circumstances have all affected my life to mold me into the person I am today....
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...Introduction My community and I have benefited from urban greenspaces in various ways. Interfacing with nature via greenspaces is significant to me personally for several reasons. I chose to write about urban greenspaces because parks and forests were a very important aspect of my childhood, I have observed how the disparity of greenspaces between communities affects them, and because my exposure to greenspaces has provided me with a valuable relationship with the natural world. Body Growing up in a rural area, the majority of my childhood activities were dependent on the parks and forests that were accessible to me. I played soccer in the nearby fields, learned about animals in the closest ponds and creeks, and socialized with other kids at playgrounds and parks. As I grew older my choice of activities changed but the venue remained the same. Playing soccer quickly became playing baseball while exploring nature at nearby creeks evolved into day hiking trips at national parks and forests. The parks and greenspaces around me acted as stages for my curiosity, recreation, and socializing and were invaluable experiences growing up. All children and adults should experience the benefits that greenspaces provide regardless of whether they live in an urban or rural environment. I was naive to the important role that greenspaces played in my life and development until I relocated to a more urban environment that lacked accessible greenspaces...
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...Man and Nature Have you ever stopped to think about the relationship between yourself and Mother Nature? For most people chances are slim to none, in fact many may not even consider the fact that there might even be any kind of relationship between nature and themselves. As far as anyone might be concerned in today’s society, nature could just mean their backyard, or neighborhood park. In reality there is much more to you and I and this wilderness we refer to as nature. In this paper I argue that there exists a higher connection between man and nature that serves to unify all living things. Today, man and nature are commonly referred to in opposition of one another. Man destroys nature in order to expand and urbanize while nature destroys all man creates over time. People tend to see nature as some uncontrollable wild factor full of danger and chaos. Many think like Thomas Hobbes who would say that the very state of nature is chaotic; that if man were without society he would be inherently evil selfish with only self interest in mind and life would be lonely, difficult and short. However, if taken from a Rousseauian stand point, nature and man share an interest for self-preservation giving them a natural sense of compassion and the state of nature is calm and peaceful. I would have to say that the Rousseauian perspective makes more sense and ties into reality better than Hobbes’s state of nature. The main reason being that all nature moves towards a state of homeostasis...
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...meanwhile we shall express our darker purpose Goneril: a love that makes speech unable Regan: she comes too short Lear: nothing will come of nothing Cordelia: I love your majesty according to my bond, no more no less C: obey you love you most honour you Lear: avoid my sight Kent – see better lear, the youngst daughter did not love thee least Edmund – nature art thou my goddess to thy law my services are bound Ed – I stand in the plague of custom Kent – as poor as the king Fool – thou wuld make a great fool Lear – oh let me not be mad G: loyal and natural boy Cornwall to Ed – natures of such deep trust shall we need L: Daughter do not make me mad L: thought executing fires (to storm) L: I never gave you kingdom, you owe me no subscription, let fall your horrible pleasure Edmund: the younger rises when the old doth fall L: is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts G: do me no foul play friends Regan – let him smell his way to Dover G: I have no way therefore want no eyes G: I stumbled when I saw G: AS FLIES TO WANTON BOYS ARE WE TO THE GODS, THEY KILL US FOR THEIR SPORT L: Kill x 6 L: I am the natural fool of fortune Ed – the wheel is come full circle Edgar – two extremes of passion joy and grief burst smilingly Kent: my master calls me and I must not say...
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...My name is Dan Galvez, and I will be talking about the artwork called the Seaside Cemetery. - There are several things that stand out in this artwork. - The most noticeable is the crashing of the ocean waves. - The scene in the artwork also looks like a very dark and gloomy scene. - There are graveyards on the land, which could represent some type of cemetery. - There are also white figures in the artwork which kind of reminds me of a ghost or spirit. The trees are very dark, and look as if it came from a horror movie. - This also looks like it took places probably in the 1800’s to the 1900’s. - The clouds are also cloudy which could be that there is some type of storm, most likely a hurricane. - To me this artwork looks like it’s about how storms can cause many deaths, and there isn’t anything we can do about it. - Mother Nature is something we cannot prevent, and natural deaths happen because of them. - I know this because if you closely observe the picture, it is pretty much cut into two parts. - The first part is the strength and devastation of the storm, and the crashing of powerful waves. - The other half is nothing but a graveyard where people have died probably from this storm. - According to the credit line, this artwork was created by Adolf Hiremy- Hirschl. - He was an Austrian, and was born in 1860 and died in 1933. - He named this artwork the Seaside Cemetery, and was created in 1897. - What significance this may have to Adolf was that he probably...
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...The Beauty and Majesty of the Natural World and Spirituality Alexandra Batchelor Keiser University Abstract Whenever there is a tragic event, a needless death, we become bombarded by various religious officials preaching to us. Telling us how we need God in our lives so we have a better respect for our fellow man, woman or child. And while there are environmental activists screaming at their top of their lungs at people; their voices do not invoke change. What they do cause is for people to changes the channel or walk past them at a faster pace. However, if nature was revered for its gifts like God through scripture and praise the reaction of people would be different. There could be a unified voice telling others of nature’s beauty. How people should have a better respect for the land, oceans and animals within it. Perhaps that is what people need, to have a spiritual connection to teach them to appreciate the beauty around them and without this connection to a greater power people don’t see the beauty surrounding them. The Beauty and Majesty of the Natural World and Spirituality Through praise people are supposed to gain understanding. This is how other religions promote God and the messages he has sent down through the ages. It is the claim of spiritual leaders that through their guidance we will have a better understanding of faith. All a person has to do is spend some time in the local church of any denomination sit down listen to the reverend, preacher, minister...
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... * Rocks * Car games * A-Z * I Spy * Climax (tr. One weekend…) * Caves * Four wheeling * Fishing * Spending nights around the fire * Ending * Family * Time with dad * Ability to get lost within what mother nature has created * Conclusion (tr. In the end) * Although I no longer get to take trips to the mountain, it is a memory that will stay close to my heart forever. Mountain Memories From a young age, I can remember the smell of the trees and turns in the road that led us to the cabin. This was a drive that I remember taking several hundred times throughout my childhood. These drives took me far from the big city to a small village where I could truly embrace Mother Nature’s creation. No matter how many years pass, I will always remember the warm summers and the cold winters that I spent as a little girl in Strawberry Valley. I had a love-hate relationship with the three hour drives to the mountain. Trips from Las Vegas to Strawberry Valley mostly consisted of the dry and barren desert. As I watched out my window, I could see a vast area of sand. Scattered throughout were cacti, thorn bushes, rocks, and the occasional...
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...202 C. Loar Nature vs. Natural: A Story of Two Families In King Lear by William Shakespeare, there is a circular relationship between the characters’ behavior and Nature. That is, the destruction of the two families results from human behavior breaking accepted natural laws of Nature, and the disturbances in Nature, result from the disruption of human behavior. Nature is portrayed throughout the play from the poet's use of Nature in the natural world, representing ideas of heavenly bodies and natural roles of each character, to ideas of Nature in harmonious and orderly ways, representing ideas of human reason and ethics which all come into play when talking about both families in the tragedy. The ideas...
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...a transcendent connection with nature as a trigger for enlightenment. Connections with the landscape can encourage reflection and revaluation of past injustices. Flame Tree in a Quarry explores the tenuous technological impact of man on nature that can create tension, highlighting the fragility of nature. The title creates a visual image of the lone ‘flame tree’ in a barren landscape ‘the Quarry’ triggering a metaphor about the powerful forces of nature and its fecundity following great destruction....
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...Introduction My community and I have benefited from urban greenspaces in various ways. Interfacing with nature via greenspaces is significant to me personally for several reasons. I chose to write about urban greenspaces because parks and forests were a very important aspect of my childhood, I have observed how the disparity of greenspaces between communities affects them, and because my exposure to greenspaces has provided me with a valuable relationship with the natural world. Body Growing up in a rural area, the majority of my childhood activities were dependent on the parks and forests that were accessible to me. I played soccer in the nearby fields, learned about animals in the closest ponds and creeks, and socialized with other kids at playgrounds and parks. As I grew older my choice of activities changed but the venue remained the same. Playing soccer quickly became playing baseball while exploring nature at nearby creeks evolved into day hiking trips at national parks and forests. The parks and greenspaces around me acted as stages for my curiosity, recreation, and socializing and were invaluable experiences growing up. All children and adults should experience the benefits that greenspaces provide regardless of whether they live in an urban or rural environment. I was naive to the important role that greenspaces played in my life and development until I relocated to a more urban environment that lacked accessible greenspaces...
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...Hines’ On Valuing Nature Summary The Rubber Tree in Hines’ garden kindles his concern about the impersonal side of accounting for nature. Accounting quantifies. It puts mere monetary values on the environment. Hines explains why he keeps the Rubber Tree as a friend and analyzes the trade-off between personal interests in nature’s beauty and the commercial interests of sacrificing the environment in the name of accounting. Q1 The main message of the article by Hines ‘on valuing nature’ is that nature is not like a financial commodity which can be valued in dollars and cents. To reduce the environment to a number or a money equivalent is likely to lead to severe consequences. In fact, the “profit” coming out of nature probably is much more prominent than the numbers in accounting reports. Thus, the destruction of the natural environment in the name of accounting should be eschewed. Q2 In my view, Hines’ article contributes another perspective of accounting for us to think about. Generally, accounting is the process of measuring, recording and communicating the economics transactions and events of business operation. However, to provide more reliable and more relevant financial information for decision making, we must find out the hidden information behind the numbers or the genuine value of accounting events. We may not jump to any conclusion merely based on financial gain or loss, but should pay more attention to other invisible elements such as environmental benefits...
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...as it implies, through metaphorically expressing the abstract idea, “ the love of nature” creating the theme for the poem. The imagery of the rainbow creates feelings which help Wordsworth communicate his ideas and feelings. Which in this case are his contemplative ideas of growing up but never changing, like the rainbow never changes. The register of the poem is very simplistic, with short simple lexis which creates a stead pace. Also the gentle soft lexis ‘life’ ‘heart’ ‘sky’ creates a great contrast to the hard harsh word ‘die!’ which is where Wordsworth is at the climax of expressing his emotion towards the thought of not feeling the same way about nature. The majority of the poem is monosyllabic which suggests simplicity but the verbal constructs “was it/is it/be it/could wish” along with the lexis “piety” modifies the simplicity. This suggest the sense of humility and awe Wordsworth feels if the presence of nature and the monosyllables express the grandeur and weight of that feeling. The pattern in the phonology within the poem also suggests awe but soon shows excitement. The beginning of the poem contains long-vowelled syllables such as ‘heart’ and ‘behold’, portraying wonder and bewilderment, where as ‘was it’ ‘is it’ and ‘be it’ creates a rush as enthusiasm grows. The monosyllabic simplistic style of the poem could also represent the idea of childhood as he has had the feelings for nature since he was a child and he doesn’t want those feelings to change. Although the...
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...A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard. Bangladesh, a country in southern Asia that is home to 140 million people, is widely known as a land of natural disasters. It is highly vulnerable to floods, famine, drought, earthquake, cyclones, and river erosions. Due to the effects of these disasters, the country is now permanently in distress. These disasters have become regular phenomena and have been causing suffering to millions of residents for many decades. Natural Disasters are occurring every year in our country. And so found to suffering in it. In Bangladesh Natural Disasters can be of many different kinds, but We suffer most, Some of this like floods, cyclones, earthquake and river erosions. The similarity in all is their massive destruction in the area of their occurrence. In the wake of all these, in one sweep there is complete devastation and destruction, due to which normal life comes to a standstill. Loss of life is well high complete, and belongings of people get lost, blown away or swept away. In Bangladesh we depends on the annual rainfall for our source of water, if there is no rain, for the water supply, the obvious famine comes in its wake. This condition of getting no rain is called drought, and with it, as its automatic corollary comes famine. For with the scarcity of water there is no vegetation and food scarcity follows. The crops get burnt up with heat, the earth gets parched for water, and all life comes in End. Just the opposite condition...
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