Early Life Environment Influences

Does the environment you are in play a major role in becoming the person you are today?

People have probably noticed that when people start being around bad places and bad people, it kind of starts rubbing off on them and they get influenced and start following on those tracks. People go back and forth on whether the environment is the main factor or if it is just who the person actually is; it’s a major controversy topic that can go both ways. The type of environment people are in and their surroundings can influence them in many ways, good or bad.

In schools and other places that students attend and if it has a bad reputation , and all of the kids are failing, skipping, and dropping out, the other students see that and they will be influenced

Environment affects the brain as stated by an article, “Early Life Environment Influences Brain Growth Behavior” the fact states, “These two studies strongly suggest that environmental influence on young children have direct effects on patterns of brain maturation.., specific patterns of behaviors” (Rubin). The type of environment people live in whether good or bad when they are young affects the way the brain matures which plays a big role in the way someone behaves. Rubin proves by this fact that the way people live their life around them influences the person they become and the way they act and think. The brain is an important part in shaping on who the person becomes and shapes their personality and especially the behavior that the person portrays. Another fact proves that someone’s surroundings they are around makes them behave a certain way and this article by Mary Jo Kreitzer says, “The environment can influence people’s behavior and motivation to act” (Kreitzer). This fact alone can be proven to be correct in many ways. For an example, if someone was to grow up in an environment where you have to do chores in the house, you go to school, and get good grades,

Even celebrities might even overcome the bad road they were in and actually make a way better life for themselves. In a biography of Ben Carson, it states, “Carson went from being a poor student, to receiving academic honors, and eventually attending medical school..,difficulty in school.., Ben fell to the bottom of the class” (Editors). Having not a stable home life and seeing his family struggle puts Ben in a bad situation because now they are feeling stressed and worried about what’s going on with their family and what’s going to be happening to them. So that starts affecting the student because they can’t pay attention to their classes because they are too worried about what’s going on with their home life. But , then Carson finally woke up and realized he needed to make a better life for himself. So, he joined medical school which he is surrounded by many intelligent people and also people who care about school and take it very seriously and eventually received an academic honors reward; which proves how environment can influence you in making good decisions in life. Now, he is very successful in his life. In an article, which also proves that being in a bad environment really affects somebody but also being in a positive environment affects somebody in such positive ways. In an article