Nature vs nurture

Nature: Our abilities and successes are determined at birth though inherited traits. Nurture: Our abilities and successes are determined by the environment we are brought up in and the influences we are exposed to. Various factors about our environment effect our lives, for example: 1.Family structure 2.Education 3.Health choices/lifestyle 4.Income 5.Gender 6.Social Class 7.Immigrant status “To give all children an equal chance of a good education, all secondary school places in a local authority area should be allocated by ballot, even if that means bussing students around the authority” Discuss the usefulness of this view (7marks) I think that if children all had an equal opportunity being based on their area good be a good thing. This is because they would all have the same facilities and accessibility to developing their education. However this idea is not guaranteed being students may use options that are outside the area in order to pursue education further or receive help therefore perhaps making them more likely to be intelligent or talented at particular sports and hobbies. So this may be useful, but only to an extent due to not preventing the limitations into how educational developement can be secured.