Literature and science are among the components that are compulsory to be studied by all IB students. Through the exploration of these components, the students obtain knowledge and understandings about individuals and societies. This is parallel with the IB mission statement to develop knowledgeable and caring young people in order to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Individuals and societies are the group 3 in the IB hexagon. In my opinion, the learning of literature and science in the IB programme contributes a lot to my understandings of individuals and societies from different parts of the world, although I do not meet them. Literature is defined as a creative writing by an author that describes a particular society. Science is a systematic study about everything that occurs in the physical and natural world and are based on observation and experimentation . It is branched into two areas of knowledge, which are Natural Science and Human Science. One can acquire knowledge about individuals and societies through language, reason and sense perception. Through the learning of literature and science in IB programme, I gain knowledge about cultural and ethical values of a society, and the behaviour of individuals when facing certain circumstances. However, truth about it can be questioned since I do not observe the people myself and sometimes individuals do not behave as in the theory that I have learned.
“Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth, but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart.” This quote expresses the power of literature to give an unde...
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...ding to a higher level. To sum up, I believe that the understanding of individuals and societies is the main key to a peaceful world.
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