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Sep 172010
 

Resource used: Politics, Power and the Common Good: An Introduction to Political Science (2nd Ed.) by Eric Mintz, David Close, Osvaldo Croci Here are some of the notes I typed up whilst reading this chapter. Hopefully they will be helpful for revision. J The State State – an independent, self-governing political community whose governing institutions [...Read more...]

Jun 082010
 
Why We Need the International Baccalaureate Update

Recently, I posted up an article by Sumaira on why we need the International Baccalaureate, and why it is beneficial to developing better citizens. AndrewCE from Reddit had this to say about it: The major fallacy here is the notion that internationalism and coexistence wouldn’t exist without the IB. Simply put, they would. I don’t [...Read more...]

Jun 062010
 

This was originally written by my friend Rabba Ahmed for Minus 20, a youth column in my city’s newspaper. This was written in her young and foolish days in Year 1, before she had the pleasure of starting the Extended Essay, TOK titles, etc. Oh well. Here’s the article: IB. Two simple yet woefully dreaded [...Read more...]