Aquila 2020-2021

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volution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. According to scientists stretched across our globe, that is one of the definitions of Evolution. However, I don’t believe that everything can be wrapped up in a bow and given such a pretty label and perfect definition, because right now our society is representing Evolution. Change.

as possible, until they are just another theory of evolution to be discovered by another Darwin. However, I also believe that we shouldn’t be focusing on all the negatives that happen.

For over a year now, we have been forced into one of the strangest forms of adaptability. But from this we learnt that being in the confinements of our homes can encourage us to open our minds. Humans are adaptable creatures and millions of us have embraced the tiny things we have learned from Evolution shouldn’t be something that this, whether that be a new hobby or a completely new way of happened millions of years life. From small to big, we ago. It can just be the little have learnt to adapt and things, like choosing a transpose for the better; coffee over tea one time, watching our carbon or something bigger like emissions decrease and changing the way organ our nurses become soldiers, donation works to give this year has been an people a better quality of inspiration, to us all, and life. the confirmation that even in the worst situations, we Or becoming the most see heroes arise and people accepting and adaptable adapt their lives, no matter generation in history. how uprooted, and work with what they have been This year has definitely given. changed my perspective on people’s ability to So to me, the theory of change. I think when a large evolution isn’t something occurrence happens, we are able to see how many small-minded we can label, to me evolution is all people are left behind, who refuse to around us, change happens everyday adapt and change and if I am being whether we experience it or not, honest a lot of people have made me microscopic things that impact our world and its path. With the smallest doubt the human ability to grow. things changing the course of our I know that some people will never lives and allowing us to feed into new change their opinions, there may perspectives. That to me is the theory of always be someone that believes that evolution. the colour of someone’s skin defines a person or who has an opinion on who people should love. My idea of change for them is that that group of smallminded people decreases as quickly 24


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