Essays on Generalisation

Does a good grade always mean a student has learned the material? And does a bad grade mean a student just needs to study more? Benedict Carey’s argument is against the traditional concept that, a student’s scores in exams define the level of their learning, and suggests better ways of learning. Tara Parker-Pope introduces the arguments of Carey by saying that “the science correspondent validates its points by providing facts of brain science, studies on learning, and memory exams.” “Better Ways to Learn” in a short article, uses specific events to generalise the facts in Carey’s arguments, and it is filled with ...

Orwell’s essay ‘England Your England’ written in 1941 is typical of the confusion that is felt by individuals and the whole of the country in uncertain political times. George Orwell attempts to set some kind of direction for the country amongst all the confusion of war. England was being bombed by the Germans in WWII at the time. This paper will argue that the central thesis of the essay was that English patriotism and loyalty exists in different forms depending on class in normal circumstances. As a collective idea, it is far more complex and is undergoing transition. For ...

A survey is conducted by a Dean of a university, the goal of which is to find out whether or not cheating correlates to a student’s grade point average. A survey is conducted anonymously and students are to submit their grade point average and the amounts in which they have cheated. These figures are then displayed on a graph and conveniently the graph displays that whereas we may have thought that cheating would result in a higher grade point average it actually results in a lower one. The displayed graph is actually just a cross section we are lead to believe adequately ...