Do You Think Your A Product Of Your Environment

**SCRAGGS** · 12-05-10, 11:32 AM

yes

**Cougar Bait** · 12-05-10, 11:34 AM

People can become whatever they want if they are motivated

**jjgold** · 12-05-10, 11:36 AM

It just seems if you live in a poor type neighborhood or lower income neighborhood you end up that way in most cases
If your home is broken a lot of time your life is broken
It is rare that people want to better themselves and get out
I guess people just accept where they are and live with it

**doublej95** · 12-05-10, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by Cougar Bait

People can become whatever they want if they are motivated

totally agree

**Cougar Bait** · 12-05-10, 11:44 AM

A guy I know at work used to eat out of a garbage can to survive

Now he runs half the plant

**jjgold** · 12-05-10, 12:38 PM

Cougar always going to be a few like that but for the most part not true

This is for whites, blacks, asians, latins, etc

If you live lets say in Wash Heights NY City most of those people end up struggling, broken relationships, lack of education, mothers with no fathers, etc

Its sad actually, not bad people at all either its just the Env they are in

**minet123** · 12-05-10, 12:43 PM

**The Seer** · 12-05-10, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by Cougar Bait

A guy I know at work used to eat out of a garbage can to survive Now he runs half the plant

fishhead?

**tony_come** · 12-05-10, 12:53 PM

We don't give a shit about nobody but ourselves.

**dfberger23** · 12-05-10, 12:54 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

If you live lets say in Wash Heights NY City most of those people end up struggling, broken relationships, lack of education, mothers with no fathers, etc

Its sad actually, not bad people at all either its just the Env they are in

Very true, only a small percentage of people can really move up in the world.

**Extra Innings** · 12-05-10, 12:56 PM

Genetics and environment tend to interact dynamically with each other, that is, environment influences genetic expression and genetics influence how one interacts with their environment. Subsequently it is not easy to take a either or approach to delineating which or how each or both effect expression of behavior.

**mmike032** · 12-05-10, 12:59 PM

yes, most repeat the cycle they are brought up in... good or bad
but theres always exceptions

**THE PROFIT** · 12-05-10, 01:07 PM

Originally posted by Cougar Bait

A guy I know at work used to eat out of a garbage can to survive

Now he runs half the plant

so he is a supervisor at a plant??? Not exactly the rags to riches story we were looking for here, coug!

**big0mar** · 12-05-10, 01:34 PM

Originally posted by Cougar Bait

People can become whatever they want if they are motivated

Thats true.

But many people can be whatever they want if they aren't motivated.

**obamaismyuncle** · 12-05-10, 01:36 PM

people are only as good as the people around them, I have great people around me

**Masu485** · 12-05-10, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by mmike032

yes, most repeat the cycle they are brought up in... good or bad
but theres always exceptions

This was the answer I was looking for. and by someone with a sociology and psychology background.

**Deuce** · 12-05-10, 01:39 PM

Most are, Joe.

**geebert74** · 12-05-10, 01:39 PM

absolutely!

**jjgold** · 12-05-10, 01:39 PM

Good stuff men

Extra Innings sharp answer

**jbrent95** · 12-05-10, 01:42 PM

In general, people are tremendously influenced by their environment, but an individual can take their own path. I grew up very poor in a broken home (mom's been married 7 times, and dad's been married 5 times). I'm the first person in my family to graduate from high school, and I have a B.S. in Ag Engineering from Texas A&M. I'm a partner in a good civil engineering firm, own commercial property, own rental property, and another small business. I owe everything to the work ethic that I learned by growing up on the farm.

I have seen several people grow up in wealthy families and make a complete mess of their lives-- laziness, drugs, no work ethic, gambling, etc....

I think think a significant influence is stability in the home when kids are 2-12 years old. My wife has to regularly remind me that we cannot raise our 3 kids that same way that I was reared. It's family dinner, homework, reading, and family time at least 5 nights a week even if I have to go back to the office at 8:30 at night. Plus, my wife and I make the sacrifices necessary for her to be a stay-at-home mom.

**obamaismyuncle** · 12-05-10, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by jbrent95

In general, people are tremendously influenced by their environment, but an individual can take their own path. I grew up very poor in a broken home (mom's been married 7 times, and dad's been married 5 times). I'm the first person in my family to graduate from high school, and I have a B.S. in Ag Engineering from Texas A&M. I'm a partner in a good civil engineering firm, own commercial property, own rental property, and another small business. I owe everything to the work ethic that I learned by growing up on the farm.

I have seen several people grow up in wealthy families and make a complete mess of their lives-- laziness, drugs, no work ethic, gambling, etc....

I think think a significant influence is stability in the home when kids are 2-12 years old. My wife has to regularly remind me that we cannot raise our 3 kids that same way that I was reared. It's family dinner, homework, reading, and family time at least 5 nights a week even if I have to go back to the office at 8:30 at night. Plus, my wife and I make the sacrifices necessary for her to be a stay-at-home mom.

Well done, sir

**Flying Dutchman** · 12-05-10, 01:49 PM

JJ, since your Mom raised you in a basement, you'll stay in that basement.

**manny24** · 12-05-10, 01:53 PM

**Brock Landers** · 12-05-10, 01:53 PM

if you are happy, it makes no difference, everything is relative

**Monte** · 12-05-10, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by tony_come

We don't give a shit about nobody but ourselves.

That's why this world is such a fukked up place at times.
We didn't become gamblers because it is so nice out there.

**Masu485** · 12-05-10, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by jbrent95

In general, people are tremendously influenced by their environment, but an individual can take their own path. I grew up very poor in a broken home (mom's been married 7 times, and dad's been married 5 times). I'm the first person in my family to graduate from high school, and I have a B.S. in Ag Engineering from Texas A&M. I'm a partner in a good civil engineering firm, own commercial property, own rental property, and another small business. I owe everything to the work ethic that I learned by growing up on the farm.

I have seen several people grow up in wealthy families and make a complete mess of their lives-- laziness, drugs, no work ethic, gambling, etc....

I think think a significant influence is stability in the home when kids are 2-12 years old. My wife has to regularly remind me that we cannot raise our 3 kids that same way that I was reared. It's family dinner, homework, reading, and family time at least 5 nights a week even if I have to go back to the office at 8:30 at night. Plus, my wife and I make the sacrifices necessary for her to be a stay-at-home mom.

But in the end, your environment growing up did have a major impact on you, whether for better or worse.

**cobalt king** · 12-05-10, 02:28 PM

I had no shot of not becoming a gambler since I could read I played cards with my grandparents for nickels and dimes my dad bet every game every Sunday and horses on tv, my uncle lost his business to betting ponies my grandparents go to harrahs every weekend and every single person in my family plays the lottery and texas Holdem. I watched some form of gambling every day of my life since my eyes opened for the first time

**eidolon** · 12-05-10, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by jbrent95

In general, people are tremendously influenced by their environment, but an individual can take their own path. I grew up very poor in a broken home (mom's been married 7 times, and dad's been married 5 times). I'm the first person in my family to graduate from high school, and I have a B.S. in Ag Engineering from Texas A&M. I'm a partner in a good civil engineering firm, own commercial property, own rental property, and another small business. I owe everything to the work ethic that I learned by growing up on the farm.

I have seen several people grow up in wealthy families and make a complete mess of their lives-- laziness, drugs, no work ethic, gambling, etc....

I think think a significant influence is stability in the home when kids are 2-12 years old. My wife has to regularly remind me that we cannot raise our 3 kids that same way that I was reared. It's family dinner, homework, reading, and family time at least 5 nights a week even if I have to go back to the office at 8:30 at night. Plus, my wife and I make the sacrifices necessary for her to be a stay-at-home mom.

Starting a new generation! Kudos to you sir.

**Cougar Bait** · 12-05-10, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by THE PROFIT

so he is a supervisor at a plant??? Not exactly the rags to riches story we were looking for here, coug!

He makes over 250K a year and drives a new Benz. Not bad.

**itchypickle** · 12-05-10, 04:25 PM

Originally posted by Cougar Bait

A guy I know at work used to eat out of a garbage can to survive

Now he runs half the plant

Do you sometimes still see him with garbage in his office at lunch time....and he claims "I'm just using it for a compost hobby" ?

**JohnGalt2341** · 12-05-10, 08:42 PM

For years I've been trying to figure out how I ended up the way I did. I'm not much like my parents nor my environment.

**8ArIvd5** · 12-05-10, 09:50 PM

I don't know one person who doesn't remember a time in their life when they saw people interacting and it had an affect on their mentality. We're all changed by our environment in one way or another.

**Killer_Demo** · 12-05-10, 10:17 PM

I know I am

**MarkDee** · 12-05-10, 10:36 PM

If bill gates was black from the hood
still think he's who he is today??