DADA: Nature V. Nurture Discussion

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Hello DADA-ers!

I hope that you have gotten a lot of rest since our obstacle course and are ready for you next Challenge!

This challenge is fairly simple, all you have to do is express your opinion this may be hard for my fellow Slytherins just kidding!

Points:
This is a long debate, therefore there will be 10 pts awarded for first comment. 2pts for each additional comment. Initial comments must be 3-4 sentences and contribute to the on-topic conversation for credit. Follow up comments must consist of at least 2 sentences.

Deadline:
February 21, 2009 at 11:59 pm EST



Details:
Was Tom Riddle born evil or did he grow to be evil? Was Harry Potter innately good or could he have turned out bad? We heard some ideas from Dumbledore and Sirius when talking to Harry but what do you think?

Are people born being who they are or do they become who they are? Why are people good or evil? If Harry grew up like Tom Riddle would he have become Voldemort?

Participants will discuss and debate the idea of nature v. nurture and how one become good or evil. There are no sides for this discussion.

This suggestion was from thesamanthahope so extra 5 points if you participates.

Bonus Points
In your first comment please tell me if you own any of the following books:
#019 The Dark Arts Outsmarted
#024 Defensive Magical Theory
#031 The Dark Forces: A Guide To Self Protection
#032 The Rise And Fall Of The Dark Arts
#047 Practical Defensive Magic And Its Use Against The Dark Arts

Owners will get 2 points per book!


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Comments

[valkyrie-lisa.livejournal.com]

I'm going to ignore fictional characters in my argument because an author can make them do anything.

I think nature and nurture play equally important roles. But I think there's a factor that's overlooked: self determination. Let me give you an example.

I know a young woman who has lousy parents. One is schizophrenic and the other has borderline personality disorder. It's not necessarily their fault that they're lousy parents, but they are lousy nonetheless. This young woman was removed from the home when she was very young. She was thrown from one foster home to the next for perhaps a dozen years. In that time, she suffered some horrible treatment including being raped by a foster mother's boyfriend.

That young woman is now a mother and an EMT. She and her fiance have a healthy, loving relationship. She overcame both her nature (some potentially crippling mental problems) and her nurture (being treated as an object for most of her life). I admire her more than anyone I know.

Lisa//Slytherin

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I have to say, I love your bringing that aspect into this. There are people who overcome fantastic odds, and those who have everything they could ever want and never amount to anything. Ambition and drive are certainly factors, but they are an internal nature/nurture thing. Are you a victim or a survivor? I know of no genetic or family component that decides that, and yet, it changes how someone reacts to their circumstances.

Kimberly / Slytherin

*thinks she needs to really think about this debate more! thanks!*

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