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The Other Wes Moore Nature Vs Nurture

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Did you know that the people around you can have a major impact on how successful you could be in the future? The nonfiction book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore demonstrates nature vs. Nurture and how it can affect individuals' lives. Nurture is the way you are raised, your relationships, early experiences, the cultures around you, and how it plays a role in the outcome of your future. Throughout the story Wes Moore the author highlights different stories and experiences from his childhood and another man also by the name Wes Moore who grew up completely separate from the author but had a lot of similarities in their experiences during adolescence. The author Wes Moore’s family had a large influence on him and nurture played a big role in …show more content…

Because Wes was performing poorly in school and frequently skipping class, Joy decides to send him to valley forge military academy, in Pennsylvania. Another factor that led joy to send Wes away was that he had gotten into another fight with his sister, Nikki, and punched her lip, which he did not intend to do, however, his mom didn’t believe that it was an accident. Upon arriving at military school Wes has an extremely hard time settling in and adjusting. When he first started he was unresponsive and had disregarded the rules and refused to initially wake up. Afterward, he is abruptly approached while still laying in bed by sergeant Anderson who shouts at him, “get your goat-smelling ass out the rack!” (Moore 86), but even then Wes isn't out of bed until a group of other boys flips him over in his bunk. This and a few other embarrassing and annoying occurrences that had happened at the military school made Wes want to go home and drop out of valley forge. After getting in trouble for attempting to run away he was surprisingly allowed a call with his mom. On the phone he pleaded with her, begging her to let him leave. Joy denies Wes' coming home and explains to him it is because “Too many people sacrificed for [him] to be there” and that she (Moore 95). What Wes hadn’t realized was that his grandparents had given up years and years of savings and mortgage payments to be able to afford his schooling. Once Wes had succumbed to the fact he was stuck there and began to follow the military school practices and protocols he started to excel. Over his years of being there, he grew a great appreciation for reading and academics, he had matured and grown up a lot and had become a well-respected sergeant at a very young

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