Text: Trisan Hopper "FIRST READING: Canadian politics might have a nepotism problem" https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics-nepotism-problem Extract from the article: "Ben Carr is mulling a run for the Liberal nomination in Winnipeg South Centre, the seat vacated by the recent death of his father Jim Carr. And with Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie set to retire from Read more…
By Author, 2 weeks January 15, 2023 ago
May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – fake testing data
Article: "Mitsubishi Electric used special program to spin fake data." Asahi.com Excerpt: "Mitsubishi Electric Corp. fashioned a computer program to churn out fictitious data used in place of actual tests on air conditioning units it supplied to railway companies apparently for more than three decades." http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14385139 The article shows that Read more…
By Author, 1 year December 29, 2021 ago
May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #6 specific example – PBS article on animal grief
Text: "The Depths of Animal Grief" "Elephants' response to death has been called, "probably the strangest thing about them." They almost always react to a dead elephant's remains. Occasionally they react to a human's. The remains or bones of other species, they ignore. Joyce Poole writes, "It is their silence Read more…
By Author, 1 year November 12, 2021 ago
May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #4 specific example – pioneering female sailor
Text: "Woman takes helm of Japanese Aegis destroyer for 1st time" Extract: "Capt. Miho Otani became the first woman to take the helm of a Japanese Aegis destroyer on Monday, pledging to set an example for other female sailors to follow. "I expect you to pursue our missions without hesitation," Read more…
May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #3 specific example – COVID-19 testing in schools
Text: "COVID-19 testing in schools works. So why aren't more doing it?" Extract: "Asymptomatic screening dramatically increases case detection among students and staff in the K through 12 setting," says M. Jana Broadhurst, a microbiologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center who led the team that designed and implemented Read more…
By Author, 1 year November 8, 2021 ago
May 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #1 specific example – Maus (WWII graphic novel)
Text: "Why 'Maus' remains 'the greatest graphic novel ever written,' 30 years later" Extract: "ART SPIEGELMAN didn't set out to reinvent a swath of his chosen field. He was only trying to tap his family history, even as he sat clear across the country estranged from his New York father, several Read more…
November 2021 TOK essay prescribed title #1 RLE – Coca Cola ad
Advertising, particularly advertising for junk food, is one area that is full of disagreements between what is accepted and disputed knowledge. Consider the ad below and how it uses knowledge of consumer behaviour (particularly male consumer behaviour) to persuade / manipulate. Even the use of Photoshop in advertising can be Read more…
May 2021 TOK Prescribed title #6 RLE – NYT article on Doritos
Article : "The nacho Dorito" https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/01/dining/nacho-graphic.html The New York Times article explains how consumers are manipulated by the design of Doritos. Specifically, multiple elements of the chips are created to be physically and psychologically appealing which increases consumption. Naturally, consumption of junk food is not good for one's health. May Read more…
By Author, 2 years November 30, 2020 ago