The global issue I am exploring is gender inequality and stereotypical expectations for the behavior of men and women.   This issue has been very prevalent in society and I think that one of the major reasons is because of how it can cause a cycle where the stereotypes influence how people behave, and the…

Idea 1: Saint Hoax Advertisements and Carol Ann Duffy Poems To look at the issue of gender inequality/stereotypical expectations, I would look at the poem Mrs. Sisyphus along with the ad with the headline “For a man to be successful, he needs support from home. Not someone who is always griping and bitching. They both…

The song ‘Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid/Society Blues’ by Bob Dylan describes a narrator as they join the John Birch Society and begin to look for communists in all places in society. One idea that Dylan seems to be protesting is how people in society have such extreme views that cause them to take actions that…

How does ‘The Times They Are a-Changin” explore the global issue of inequality?   One way in which Bob Dylan explores the issue of inequality in the song ‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ is through his repetition of certain phrases. By starting almost every verse with “Come” followed by a group of people, such as…

Chemistry and economics. To people who have little experience in both subjects, they may seem like two completely different kinds of subjects, each dealing with their own ideas and concepts. While this may be true, since chemists generally deal with molecules and atoms and chemicals and reactions and so on and so forth, while economists…

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/how-much-of-a-priority-do-you-make-sleep-in-your-life/ After reading this article, I started to think about my sleeping habits. To me, sleep has never been a large priority in my life, with all of the homework and other things that I could be doing. I do get an average of around 7 hours of sleep each night, and sometimes getting 8-9…

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NqCNsz5ZJ5JotYDik6czzJT75bOKWOfb/view?usp=sharing   A video on human rights violations in Kenya and Australia.

Academics have always been something that I have enjoyed, and in grade 9, many subjects have become even more interesting. Some subjects that I find interesting are the three sciences, as well as economics. I enjoy those subjects because they are different from subjects like maths and English, which are more knowledge focused. Science and…

After watching the documentary: “A Girl in the River”, one of the perspectives on honor killing that stood out to me was the perspective of the first lawyer. His perspective was that honor killing should be treated as murder and charged as thus. Currently, the killer(s) can be acquitted if the family forgives the killer(s)….

When Matt Friedman from the Mekong club came to talk to us, I had next to no knowledge about the details of human trafficking. I was just aware of the fact that it existed, and was a relatively serious issue in this world. Matt Friedman brought something up that I was completely unaware of. Millions…