Sean Covey's Argument Essay

In life, as little as one decision can have a big impact on the rest of our journey. There are many different factors that go into how we make those important decisions, and a major one is our environment. Our environment can be broken up into subtopics, and I think the two major ones are education and the people we surround ourselves with. The environment in which we grow up in has a major influence on the choices we make throughout life.

A major element that makes up the topic “environment” is the influence our family and friends have on us. Sean Covey from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens explains, “yes your childhood, your parents, your genes, and your environment influence you to act in certain ways, but they can’t make you do

How much we know influences the kind of decisions we make. Having an education has a very positive outcome in the rest of your life. As Sean Covey states, “In fact, getting a good education may just be the most important price you can pay because, perhaps more than anything else, what you do with that mass of gray material between your ears will determine your future (217).” The book, The Other Wes Moore, also supports the idea of how important education is and how much of an impact it can have on your decision making. For example, Inmate Wes dropped out of school at a young age and never ended up getting a good education. This poorly affected his future while Wes the scholar fought for his education, and it did great things for his future. Although in the beginning of his education, Wes the scholar wasn’t trying hard and it was showing in his grades, but eventually he turned that around. Once he got put into Military school he realized how to work hard and make better decisions. When he had the opportunity to be free of the school and leave, he stayed because he knew it would benefit him. Military school taught Wes many important morals and helped him as a young man to learn discipline. Wes the inmate never got this opportunity and I believe that had a negative effect on him because he was never taught respect or how to make educated decisions. Maybe if he had tried harder to stay in school, he would