Language and Literature SL

What was the anomalous observation in the articles above? An observation was made that “startled” the science world where showing that particles can travel faster than the speed of light.   What was the paradigm that was challenged by this observation? Based on Einstein’s theory that nothing can be faster than the speed of light and which is theoretically proven to be true. What startled them is the observation of appearing particles sent from France to Italy 730km away, where particles that were sent “appeared” to be faster than light. How was the science community trying to resolve this situation? It was considered impossible for anything to travel at a faster speed than light because particles that have mass require force to accelerate them, the faster the object moves the more energy is required same goes with mass, the greater the mass the more energy needed to accelerate. Light is a particle with no mass, meaning very little or not energy is...

Modifying genes of plants and animals for better quality   Since Genetically modified organisms (GMO) were possible, large food companies started to use the discovery of modifying genes on plants and animals to make them taste and look better, and to last longer. People argue that GMO stops the spread of dangerous diseases through food, but can also be modified to do other things like not being able to produce seeds to reproduce. Large companies don’t want the consumers to grow their own foods, to prevent that they remove the seeds from the fruit by changing its genes to produce seeds. This would cause less seed planting and decrease the number of certain trees, as more fruits become seedless. The scientific community has no control over this, as multi national huge companies that have power are doing this to improve their products and increase profits. The Monsanto scientist discovered and made their first GMO in 1983. This technology was patented and companies would hav...

after doing the assessment, i felt that i did not do very well because i had not prepared myself before doing the assessment. i had not done a lot of practice which i think would have helped me analyze and break down the text. after the assessment i knew that i had not done very well because my structure and analysis of the text was not great. Next time i will be more organized and do more practice by analyzing text and practice structures. i will ask the teacher for feedback on the practices that i do to improve my analysis and structures.

  Tupac Shakur was one of the most successful hip-hop music artist of all time. He came from a very diverse background; Tupac lived in the most violent and disadvantaged communities in America. His harsh childhood experiences are what determined his ethnicity and interests, and why he got into hip-hop. Shakur uses his own dialect to express the way he feels through hip-hop, where he wrote songs about all the violence and the harsh life of his community. Tupac even talked wrote about racism against his own race, how the upper communities looked down on his race and how they judge a black person from his external looks especially the way he talks. Shakur wanted to stop all this through his music and to represent and honor his race, to stop the racism. Tupac clearly shows in the video that he is from the black community, and he takes pride to stand for them and speak about the violence in his city. When he was talking about when he got shot, he never expected that to happen and ...

  The movie series 13 reasons why has been criticized by suicide experts that it has evoked the suicide rates and suicide searches on Google. Netflix, who created the series rejected all the arguments and evidence that the show arouses suicide rates. Sophie Gilbert said, “Netflix and the producers have repeatedly claimed that the show is raising awareness around the subject of suicide” both sides argue. Should there be ethical considerations? Well younger people tend to get influenced easier than older people. Statistics show for a fact that 13 reasons why has increased suicide rates. This shows that the show has influenced people, and has the power to affect emotions, which made them commit suicide. Many different forms of arts have power to influence people, possibly even control over them in an indirect way. A good example is “Blue Whale” where children were led to suicide from playing the game. Art definitely has the power to alter people’s emotions. I think that arts sends a...