Reflection on Nature vs. Nurture

How much are we influenced by our nature and nurture is a key concept in behaviorism and many experiments such as Skinner's experiment with a rat and Pavlo's experiment with a dog geneally deals with unconscious or conscious behavior. In this aspect, we can reflect it to our own success As far as I can reflect on my own resource of success, I would attribute it equally to nature and nurture. Personally, I believe a person won't be able to succeed without the help of his/her particular characteristics such as optimisim. Optimisim determinies how a person react to a stimulus. I think some people have optimisim by nature and the others have optimisim by nurturing. So, it is open to dispute;what do you think about it ? Personally, I believe that I have optimisim by nature which helps me a lot in my studies. When I face with a diffucult task, I always try to remain optimistic about the subject that is concerned. Also, my family especially my mother has a very positive influence on me as an experienced English teacher. This part is about nurture I believe. As a prospective English teacher, I sugggest nature and nurture of students should be considered by taking students' characteristics into consideration. I mean students' chracarteristic really determines it. If a student is more dependant to interpersonal relationships,then we can consider nurture.