CA 12 ASSIGNMENT1. How did your parents influence your perception and performance in math and science? Cite an Internet site and use your text to answer the following: Do you think that achievement in math and science is more related to nature (due to genetics and biology) or nurture (due to environment, parenting and society)? Also, are there gender differences, for example, do boys perform better than girls in math and science?......(250 words)According to the article Math Skills: Nature or Nurture? published on the Psychology Today website (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/are-we-born-racist/201108/math-skills-nature-or-nurture), math performance is somewhat defined from our genes, somehow from the way we were raised. I agree with the author. We will probably never have a definitive answer to this question due to the individuality of each case. When I think back to my childhood years, I can't remember my parents' contribution when it came to my education or homework. However, they taught me diligence and responsibility (although today it is difficult to verify this: my parents could have helped me develop a sense of responsibility or I could have been born with the inclination to take life seriously). I don't remember my parents helping me with math or science, nor do I remember them encouraging me. However, I did well in school, especially because I studied everything with great enthusiasm and avoided slowing down. Was it my genetic inheritance? It's possible. My father graduated in applied engineering and his cousin in mathematics. Was it education? My mother graduated as a kindergarten teacher. He or she may know a trick or two for making a child want to excel in school. According to the article The Math Gender Gap: Nurture Trumps Nature which was... at the center of the paper... a society of its own: luxurious, frivolous, indefinitely happy and ultimately healthy. I have the September/October issue of Psychology Today in my hand. The last page advertises: “The study of psychology is the key. Practical experience is what transforms it. Unlocking human potential." The accompanying image shows a woman teaching two young girls. They are surrounded by serenity. This page screams, "This is what you need to do if you want kids to be this smart and calm!" The truth is that whatever the advertisement offers should be divided by ten and then taken with a grain of salt. The same goes for kids magazines too. Boy's Life shows athletic boys who are capable of performing stunts and stunts in adulthood. They appear excessively neat, clean, well-groomed and dressed like adults with exquisite taste. This puts a lot of pressure on children whose parents let them be children and dress age-appropriately.