Does everyone come to earth with the same amount of potential?

          There has always been an argument as to the potential equality among mankind; that since there is no gainsaying the fact that everyone comes to this earth with a certain amount of potentials, do we all come to earth with the same amount?  This is a major concern to many. And, after given a full consideration to our genetic and environmental factors, which can never be ignored in the history of mankind, I have come to realize that everyone does not come to this earth with the same amount of potential.

          First and foremost, the impact the difference in our genetics has on us can never be overemphasized, which explains the mystery behind why twins from the same parents perform differently in the same class and why we choose different careers in life. Our genetic makeups are different. Everyone doesn’t have the same choice. And our choice dictates what we like and what we don’t. That is why everyone prefers one profession to the other. And professions aren’t the same in value. Even people don’t reach the same level of accomplishments in a profession; some still do better than the other. In his time, Samuel Ajayi Crothers stood out among his peers in Nigeria. This doesn’t really mean that all his peers did not do well, but they never had the same level of accomplishment he had in that line of profession. And this reminds me of twin brothers in my class, when I was in secondary school, one of them was very good at mathematics and the other was very poor but good at other subjects. So it is very clear that the difference in our genetics shows that everyone doesn’t come to earth with the same amount of potential.
In addition to the difference in our genetic makeups, where we are brought up and the kind of companies we keep determine how we think and see life, which in return have a significant influence on what we become in life. In a February 2015 Science News scientist result publication titled “Our thoughts are susceptible to external influence, even against our will” Ezequiel Morsella,, associate professor of psychology and co-author of the study at San Francisco State University, said; “Our conscious thoughts seem protected from our surroundings, but we found that they are much more tightly linked to the external environment than we might realize.” This confirms the saying that we are products of our environments. Our environments influence every aspect of our lives; how we think, how we eat, how we dress etc. at the end it influences what we become in life. Therefore, since we are not born and brought up in the same environments neither do we keep the companies of the same set of people, we are bound to have different likes and dislikes, which will ultimately affect what we become in life and also confirms that everyone doesn’t have the same amount of potential.                    
       

Yes  On the other hand, some have taken the stance that everyone is equal and has the same right before God; therefore we are all created with the same amount of potential. So it now depends on how everyone strives to make use of the potential he has is what differentiates one person from another. Although parts of this argument are valid, but there are some deficits in it, which render the whole submission invalid. Being equal before God does not mean everyone has the same amount of potential, since everyone is not made of the same genetic material nor born in the same environment. In an October 2019, Britannica article titled “Variation” the Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica discussed; “Variation, in biology, is any difference between cells, individual organisms or groups of organism of any species caused either by genetic differences or environmental factors. This difference can be shown in our physical appearance, fertility, behavior, learning and mental ability.” So this variation is certain among us, it gives rise to what makes everyone unique and different from one another and at the end, it affects our potentials.
           Undoubtedly, we can all see how the difference in our genetic makeups and environments affect our lives. And considering these factors, as explained above, everyone doesn’t come to earth with same amount of potential.

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