After listening to all of the presentations and finding out what specifically each SDG entails, as well as why each of my classmates thinks the goal they presented is the most important, I have decided that if the UN were to abandon all of the goals except three, those three should be no poverty, quality education, … [Read more…]
We could tell from the beginning that we were an LEDC – we only had paper. However, we had a lot of it, and what we didn’t realize at the start was that we also had a graphed sheet, which we found out made anything cut out of it two times as valuable. Unfortunately, we … [Read more…]
Today we were given a presentation by two members of The Island Foundation. They discussed the many challenges that some of the communities in Bintan are facing and the ways in which they are helping them. Some of these many challenges include integrating from a fishing village into one that is on land, depleting numbers of … [Read more…]
This is a graph showing the average life expectancy and GDP. I have chosen to analyse Afganistan, Russia, and Canada. We can see that Canada is leading with a life expectancy of 82 and around 50k GDP. This shows us that Canada is very developed as its citizens are earning enough to afford good medical … [Read more…]
This is an image of the graph I drew showing the development of countries based on their average life expectancy and GDP. The data used for this graph was collected in 2015, and it clearly shows that the greatest gap between the countries is in GDP. We can see that the southern countries, with exception … [Read more…]
Following the debate, my thoughts on nature versus nurture have not changed. I still strongly believe that nature and your genes have more of an impact on the person you become and the character you take up during your lifetime because of the biological factors such as hormones that cannot be changed or overridden. As … [Read more…]
Do you agree with him that culture is and should be the ultimate goal of any society? I do agree that culture should be one of the ultimate goals of a society. This is because culture it is not necessary for the creation and development of a society, making it a mean. In a sense, it … [Read more…]
When my sister and I were growing up, we were both exposed to a lot of sports and different art forms. From a very young age we were both put into art classes and were involved in various different sports, but as we got older our interests became more specific. I eventually stopped going to … [Read more…]
Hierarchy of needs chart: The chart I have drawn has three main categories – basic needs, psychological needs, and self-fulfilment needs. Under basic needs I put things such as food, water, and safety because this is the bare minimum you need to survive. Anything under psychological and self-fulfilment needs falls more under the category of … [Read more…]