The debate which I will be delving into in this paper is known by a variety of names, but be it referred to as ‘nature versus nurture’ or ‘blood versus environment’ the players on both sides remain the same. Those who believe that human nature is determined by genetics and therefore cannot be changed are usually among the reactionary elite. They tend to be overt racists or a t least predisposed to stereotypes of ethnic …showed first 75 words of 1284 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1284 total…school to school but from teacher to teacher. The education I received at Rolling Meadows High School (in a school district where the spending per student was the third highest in the state) was much better than I could have gotten at an inner city one. I know that if I had gone to in such an environment, I would not be as successful a student because I would not have been as well prepared.