Introspective Essay

One of the most intriguing topics to most is how life on Earth was created. Some people believe completely in origination from the Bible. Others believe in evolution. To go further in depth, Charles Darwin made his own theory that involves natural selection, also known as Darwinism. This is a very controversial topic, especially when it comes to what is taught in schools. People get very heated when it comes to this. Evolution is defined as the change in inherited characteristics of populations to become successful. Scientists use this as an explanation for how humans and all other species were created. It all originated from the proposal that one type of animal could descend from another type of animal. Evolution is skimmed over in schools, but is never really taught in depth, at least in my case. I can tell someone the basics of evolution, but that’s as far I can cover.
According to Darwin, it is important for natural variation to take place. This allows a species to change, improve, and adjust to the ever changing climate. Without variation, all species would be like clones, never adapting and soon would die. There have to be certain traits that make another type of the same species better than the other. The species with the bad traits will get killed off and the one with the good traits will get to pass on its genes. Creationism is basically the mixture of evolution and religion. Creationists believe that everything scientists find to prove religion wrong, is just what they’re supernatural being created. They also believe that the time frame of the universe is within the past ten thousand years. I honestly can’t tell you much about this topic at all seeing as I didn’t learn it in school.
Personally, I feel like all aspects of evolution, darwinism, and creationism should be taught in schools. I feel like it would make a person have more of a variety in knowledge. Also, people are beginning to have a more open minded outlook. Even though some people see it as wrong to be taught, it should be. People completely reject ideas they know nothing about, just like a lot of people reject evolution when they don’t even understand it. I believe that you can disagree with anything as long as you know what it is and why you don’t agree with it. The last thing anyone should want to be is close minded. Darwin’s legacy has a direct bearing on how society makes public policy and even, at times, on how we choose to run our lives and I believe it should be put into schools more than it is. There is a difference between Darwinism, evolution, and of course creationism and everyone should know exactly how they differ.