Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

You are to write in three parts.

In the first part, state specifically what your idea is.

In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your idea or describe your idea.

In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Is Intelligence Born or Developed

Are some people born clever and others stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment or our experiences? Strangely enough, for my part, the answer to both questions is yes.

If we take two people at random from the crowd, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will probably share almost the same intelligence. It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closed the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Suppose we put two identical twins in different environments. For example, we might send one to a university where he can receive a good education and the other to a factory where the work is boring, we would soon find differences in their intelligence development, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part.

In sum, our intelligence is given at birth, but it’s also affected by the environment.