Nature Vs. Nurture Controversy

The nature-nurture controversy has been a long-standing debate among many philosophers, psychologists, and educators since the year 1800. (111) Nature and nurture both play important roles in why we are the way we are, but nurture which has ability to change and shape us into the adults we will grow up to be. I believe that nature is our foundation of who we are but it is the experiences that we go through in life that make …

…They might like different foods, or sports and even styles. One might be more outgoing and the other shy. They both will have different personality's which proves that is experiences that will get the last say in who you are and what you're personality will be like. Nature may be the foundation but nurture has the ability to change that foundation as each person goes through different experiences and learns and grows from each one.