"People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by any internal characteristic"

For this issue topic, I believe, people’s attitudes are determined by both their immediate situation & internal characteristics. We are not born with attitude but we develop it as we mature. Most of our attitude is shaped during formative years. Experience, education and environment, these are three most important factors which play a big role in building our attitude. Some of the greatest buildings have strongest foundation. Just like that the foundation of success is attitude.

Our immediate surroundings consist of school, home, media, religious background, work, cultural background, traditions, customs and beliefs, political environment, social environment, etc., and every environment or place has its own culture. Culture in any place always goes top down, never bottom up. We need to step back and look at what kind of environment we have created for ourselves and...