IELTS Writing Task 2. #1 There is a common thought that a person's intelligence depends on parents. On the other hand, people say that an environment mostly influences on persons smartness. Undoubhtadly, a human spends a lot of time with family during the long period of time. Since our childhood parents choose the tools and ways to improve our skills and understanding of the world. Forexample, they can buy for us different developing games or can manage our leisure time by giving us an opportunity to be enrolled in a sports club or music school. Another key point for the view of parents influence is the DNA. We borrow the strongest genetic features from our mom and dad, including the smartness. For instance, talented people who become famouse mostly have talented children. There are some arguments for the other point of view. It is obvious, that a human beeing always tries to be a part of a group, so he or she copies the characteristics of the referent group of people. For example, in most cases bad pupils try to do their best in a class of successful pupils. Our friends, coleagues, teachers can encourage us on beeing better then we are now. Besides, school and the corporate laws put some restrictions,making us more skillful, intelligent and aim-oriented. To my mind, the main factor which influences on intelligence is the self-motivation. It means that if the person whants to achieve big goals he or she will use each opportunity to be better and to make one more step in the self-development.