Tourism refers to the activities of tourists‚ people who visit places for pleasure‚ and the industry that caters to their needs. It can be a double-edged sword for a country to a certain extent due to its advantages as well as its disadvantages. The advantages are economic‚ cultural and environmental benefits while the disadvantage will be environmental degradation. Firstly‚ tourism is beneficial as it contributes to a country’s revenue. For example‚ in Singapore‚ the tourism industry generated
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NAME: ALICE SENAMNIMOH-APPEA CANDIDATE NUMBER: FINAL TOK ESSAY DRAFT QUESTION: “There are only two ways in which humankind can produce knowledge: through passive observation or through active experiment.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Knowledge as a whole is the total information one has acquired. Passive observation is the process of observation that one is not experiencing the event. It is not as dynamic as active experimentation because one just perceives the event and not
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correctly identify‚ it can be described as a type of behaviour that is characterised by physical or verbal violence. It can be directed to others‚ where physical harm or verbal insults take place‚ or it can be directed to oneself‚ where self-destructive actions take place. There are many factors that provoke aggression. It can be caused by overwhelming emotions of frustration‚ genetic inheritance‚ triggering of certain environments and aggressive influences. Forms of aggression can range from inter-male
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catch phrase which was emotive. Through some of the poem there are religious aspects ’Because it was your prayer’ The religious imagery and connotations of death could suggest that his love for her may have died‚ there is also a sense that a lot of time has passed which makes Yeats seem as if he is being reflective. The poem starts off with quite a set rhyme scheme which gives a sense of rhetoric‚ it’s like he is delivering a speech. The rhyme scheme changes in the third stanza which links to the
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on any specific ’thing ’‚ discuss the ways in which its meanings are constructed. It seems that we can only understand ourselves by the ‘things’ we find around us. Even if it is only to understand everything we are not. Any phenomena perceived within what we call our Universe can be coined under the term of being a ‘thing’. Whether it be a piece of toast‚ a planet or a Neuron firing within our brain‚ any phenomena which can be observed and‚ therefore‚ named can be said to fall into the all
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strategic motivation behind this was to reinforce British interests in the area‚ especially trade with Egypt as any unrest in the area could affect British trade with the rest of its Empire. Furthermore‚ the Canal was a significant link to India‚ which held absolute importance to the British. Protection of the canal‚ therefore‚ ensured protection of
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Examine the ways in which childhood can be said to be socially constructed (24) Sociologists see childhood‚ which is a socially defined age status‚ as being socially constructed which‚ is something defined and created by society. There are historical and cultural differences in how childhood is defined. For example western societies define children as being vulnerable and separate from the adult world‚ whereas in the past they played a bigger part in adult society from an early age. The main
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Discuss what government policies can be used to overcome a recession A recession is two or more consecutive quarters of a year that experiences a decline in GDP or has negative GDP growth; recessions are believed to be caused by a widespread fall in spending. Employment‚ investment‚ household incomes and business profits all fall during recessions; while bankruptcies and the unemployment rate rise. Governmennts respond to recessions by adopting expansionary economic policeys such as the expansionary
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hundred days of training‚ make the decision automatic!” (In the Sphere of Silence- Vijay Eswaran). Many theorists over the past years have tried to discover some of the main learning theory that we all possess. One of the effective theories that can be related to a situation such as training employees is the ‘Kolb’s Learning Theory’. He believes‚ “Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience” (Kolb‚ A. 1984:38). There are basically four types of
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BAFOKENG SEKALELI TOK ESSAY CAN WE HAVE BELIEFS OR KNOWLEDGE WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF OUR CULTURE? The main aim of the essay is to find out if we have beliefs or rather knowledge which are independent of our culture. To do my investigation‚ I am going to follow different areas of beliefs and culture that I need. Culture is roughly perhaps a range of activities which are cultivated as a pattern of behaviour in a group of humans over time‚ and the manifest
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