Vacoas State Secondary School (girls) Internal Examinations – July 2009 Form 5 Sociology – Paper 1 Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Answer Question 1 and one question each from Sections B and C respectively. Section A: Research Methods Interviewing is a common technique used by sociologists to gather data. Interviews may be structured‚ semi structured‚ or unstructured. They usually take place on a one –to –one basis between the researcher and the respondent‚ but group interviews are an alternative
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of pollution such as air emissions and noise. Noise pollution from buses‚ cars‚ and plans as well as recreational vehicles such as snowmobiles is an ever-growing issue of modern life. For example‚ noise produced by snowmobiles might affect animals to alter their natural activity patterns. Transport emissions and other emissions from energy production are related to photochemical pollution‚ acid rain and global warming. Air pollution from tourist transportation has effects on the global level. Some
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School uniforms have an impact on the lives of practically each and every student given that it is a universal practice to wearing uniforms. The wearing of uniform in schools is a controversial topic in our society‚ and is constantly undergoing debate.some people are for it whilst others especially young people who go for the trendy clothes think that the uniforms do not allow them to express themselves through their clothes and fashion. One of advantages is that school uniforms create unity
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When all is at risk‚ and man loses hope‚ man looks for hope in areas too dark for light. This darkness serves as a way for society to vanish from the underlying problems present‚ sometimes one must reach into the darkness to see the slight hints of light. Therefore‚ a man must take justice into his own hands and strive towards protecting the greater good of man. In the same sense‚ Bruce Wayne’s dark figure‚ Batman‚ takes truth on his own to protect the more significant people of Gotham. As of May
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To Kill a Mockingbird has widely been criticized for the themes and language used in the book‚ but many believe it should still be read. Some want to ban To Kill a Mockingbird because of the racism‚ but the book actually denounces racism and prejudice. An example of this is when Atticus tells Scout that he hopes he can get his kids through the case without them "catching Maycomb’s usual disease"‚ implying that Maycomb’s people are overcome with racism. Also‚ the book shows us both sides of racism
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Banning Cigarettes Do you smoke cigarettes? Do you know what is inside of those cigarettes that you are smoking? According to an article by Robert Grazian‚ cigarettes have thousands of chemicals in them (1). After witnessing my sister smoke cigarettes‚ I was curious to know why she did it so much. I decided to do an experiment on cigarettes after I made eighteen‚ which is the legal age to smoke cigarettes. I told one of my teachers about the experiment and she offered bonus points if I turned
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books‚ films‚ news‚ etc. that are considered obscene‚ politically unacceptable‚ or a threat to security.” Censorship is shown through our society through book banning‚ parental advisory‚ and the V-Chip. Without certain books in our society‚ we would not know the history of our world. Books in our society should never be banned because of the knowledge we gain from them and the impact they have on the world. There may be some cases where book banning is necessary due to violence or the tone of the
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Transfer Question). This shows how playing a sport is just a hobby and should not limit student-athletes from changing schools for fear of sitting out of their sport. This problem can easily be solved and it has been talked about for an ongoing amount of time. However‚ it is time stop talking and solve the problem of the student-athlete transfer. Any athlete should be allowed to transfer schools at any time‚ the transferring athlete should be eligible to play their sport immediately at the new school. Obviously
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but it takes an intelligent human being to respond with reasoning which in my opinion is the best option. Hate speech comes from a lack of intelligence or when it regards race‚ arrogance. In certain cases‚ when dealing with it‚ some people do not react because of their mood at that time or the context and who the person is. By using rule consequentialism‚ our society as a whole would improve if the government would make hate speech illegal. All types of hate speech would
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Firstly I do not think that television (or any form of media) should be censored on the grounds of taste or artistic merit alone. Reality television does not do any harm or break any rules anymore than anything else on television‚ the fact that it does not appeal to the smug intellectual and the elitist press does not mean that it is not popular. The reality of reality television is that it is popular with millions of viewers across the world - and it is not hard to see why. Reality television
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