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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“The Monkeys’ Paw” by W. W. Jacobs‚ is about a family that is given a monkey’s paw with a spell cast on it to give them three wishes. The family was warned by an old friend that they might not want to keep the paw because of the things it has done to him‚ but they did not listen. The first wish they used was for 200 pounds‚ and they got it at the cost of their only son. The second wish was made by the mother‚ Mrs. White‚ 10 days after burying her son. Her wish
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animals carved into them. Most of the Native American tribes that I have learned about have been Western United States tribes because I grew up in California. When I read the list of Wisconsin Native American tribes‚ I‚ unlike most of the class‚ had no idea what they were. I chose the Oneida tribe because my former youth pastor works at the Oneida Reservation. I look forward to learning about the Oneida tribe and comparing them with the Cherokee tribe. The Oneida reside in DePere‚ Wisconsin. There
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Kawai. 3 Why does Steinway & Sons feel threatened by the Japanese competitors who are practically in a different market in terms of price‚ reputation‚ and available models? ² Japanese competitors like Yamaha‚ Kawai has sold pianos in the United States since 1960 and remains the preferred brand for top jazz and pop artists. But in the late 1980s‚ Yamaha chose to enter the concert piano market in direct competition with Steinway. Developing grand pianos which are comparable with such as the
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XYY Syndrome‚ Jacob Syndrome XYY Syndrome‚ better known as the Jacob Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which affects males due to an extra Y chromosome. Healthy males have 46 chromosomes including one X and one Y chromosome. Men with XYY syndrome have 47 chromosomes‚ two of which are Y chromosomes. It is not known why the extra Y chromosome occurs. The disorder is present at birth and is estimated to occur in one out of every one thousand live births (1). In very rare instances‚ the syndrome
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In the story‚ “The Monkey’s Paw‚” by W.W. Jacobs begins on a cold and rainy night set in the White family home. The White’s‚ Mr. and Mrs. White and their son Herbert‚ enjoying their time indoors. Soon Sergeant Major Morris arrived at the household. He then shares stories about his adventures in India‚ where he has been in the army in India for the past 21 years‚ including the monkey’s paw. Morris further explains how the monkey’s paw is cursed and explains that the paw has the power to grant three
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All the scenes that Jacob Crawford‚ portrayed‚ would and could have contributed to the increase of the American statistics. One of the most impactful scene of the movie is when a male civilian was grounded and two American police officers were applying pressure on his head. This scene had very strong emotional context‚ for it brutally should the police brutality‚ Jacob Crawford choose to use a relaxing and casual melody to accompany that scene‚ to subtlety indicated that this is but a thing of the
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way media is produced. Critically discuss this statement with regards to a community news outlet of your choice (broadcast‚ print‚ online or a combination). You can draw on a variety of research activities to substantiate your position‚ including statistics and interviews. Abstract Technology is changing the way in which media is produced. In recent years we have seen how the technological determinants of news production are gradually becoming a more popular aspect of the way in which the different
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Slavery‚ one of humanity’s greatest atrocities have given rise to some of the best literary pieces found in the history of American Literature. One such piece is a classic 19th-century slave narrative written by Harriet Jacobs under the pseudonym Linda Brent. Though devastating as its content be may‚ this piece gives a gut-wrenching depiction of the horrors of slavery‚ particularly as it pertains to young black females. As its title suggest‚ the novel invites its reader back into an era easily regarded
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selling of human beings. Although there are two sides to every story‚ most slaves were treated as nothing more than animals their whole life. Harriet Jacobs and Olaudah Equiano were both African Americans that were introduced into slavery at some point in their life. Jacobs believed that she lived a leisurely life for the time being‚ while Equiano lived through the pain and hardship of being kidnapped and made into a slave. Although Equiano and Jacobs were both slaves who believed that an enslaved
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