{"id":6886,"date":"2025-04-24T18:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2025-04-24T18:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:09:46","slug":"nature-vs-nurture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/2025\/04\/24\/nature-vs-nurture\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature vs Nurture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Diving deeper into our research of Olive Grove Academy and completing our coding, we noticed some very prominent themes crucial for our research on the relationship between Olive Grove Academy and how it prepares its students to become democratic leaders. The two themes that we found consistent among all of our transcripts were different characteristics of Olive Grove academy that encourage their\u00a0 students to have democratic mindset as well as take democratic action. Looking at the different factors of the curriculum\u00a0 that enforce <\/span>democratic ideals within the schools culture. For <\/span>democratic <\/span>mindset we looked at areas that displayed critical thinking,\u00a0 social awareness, student values, future goals, social class, and student pressures. For <\/span>democratic <\/span>Action we looked at civic engagement, student leadership, and cultural diversity. These two themes are both areas in which Olive Grove academy provides opportunities that encourage democratic characteristics within their curriculum and culture.<\/span><\/p>

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Democratic leaders have charisma, strong communication skills, and level-headedness. From this, I was drawn to the idea of nature vs nurture, asking myself many questions. Are democratic leaders created through nature being born with traits like charisma, strong communication skills, and level-headedness which make them strong leaders? Or does it involve nurture through their socialization, education, life <\/span>experiences, and mentorship that shape them into strong democratic leaders?<\/span><\/p>

While I believe that nature plays a role in being a strong democratic leader as it provides the tools that leaders\u00a0 must display, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they will be effective as leaders. In a democracy, building consensus, gaining trust, and advocating for your people is essential for the territory. These are all skills that can be learned and nurtured.<\/span><\/p>

Overall, when comparing the idea of nature and nurture, I think you need both to be a strong democratic leader. Different experiences in your life shape you into who you are as a human being, and other traits you are born with provide you with strong skills to help you be a democratic leader. I think that Olive Grove Academy and the experience of going to an international school in the US will prepare you and give you the experience to be a democratic leader. Still, I also think natural skills like temperament are necessary for a democratic leader.<\/span><\/p>

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Diving deeper into our research of Olive Grove Academy and completing our coding, we noticed some very prominent themes crucial for our research on the relationship between Olive Grove Academy and how it prepares its students to become democratic leaders. The two themes that we found consistent among all of our transcripts were different characteristics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12060,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"builder_content":"

Diving deeper into our research of Olive Grove Academy and completing our coding, we noticed some very prominent themes crucial for our research on the relationship between Olive Grove Academy and how it prepares its students to become democratic leaders. The two themes that we found consistent among all of our transcripts were different characteristics of Olive Grove academy that encourage their\u00a0 students to have democratic mindset as well as take democratic action. Looking at the different factors of the curriculum\u00a0 that enforce democratic ideals within the schools culture. For democratic mindset we looked at areas that displayed critical thinking,\u00a0 social awareness, student values, future goals, social class, and student pressures. For democratic Action we looked at civic engagement, student leadership, and cultural diversity. These two themes are both areas in which Olive Grove academy provides opportunities that encourage democratic characteristics within their curriculum and culture.<\/p>

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Democratic leaders have charisma, strong communication skills, and level-headedness. From this, I was drawn to the idea of nature vs nurture, asking myself many questions. Are democratic leaders created through nature being born with traits like charisma, strong communication skills, and level-headedness which make them strong leaders? Or does it involve nurture through their socialization, education, life experiences, and mentorship that shape them into strong democratic leaders?<\/p>

While I believe that nature plays a role in being a strong democratic leader as it provides the tools that leaders\u00a0 must display, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they will be effective as leaders. In a democracy, building consensus, gaining trust, and advocating for your people is essential for the territory. These are all skills that can be learned and nurtured.<\/p>

Overall, when comparing the idea of nature and nurture, I think you need both to be a strong democratic leader. Different experiences in your life shape you into who you are as a human being, and other traits you are born with provide you with strong skills to help you be a democratic leader. I think that Olive Grove Academy and the experience of going to an international school in the US will prepare you and give you the experience to be a democratic leader. Still, I also think natural skills like temperament are necessary for a democratic leader.<\/p>

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