Perception Post

"Doubt is the key to knowledge” (Persian Proverb). 

To what extent is this true in Perception?

I believe that this is true to the extent that if you doubt about a truth then you will seek for more knowledge. You will seek to discover new views and perspectives. 

• Everybody believed that the Earth was flat. But Christopher Columbus had the doubt so he searched for knowledge, and then proved everybody else that the Earth was round by the trips he made. He believed that by going around he would get to the India, taking a new path. While everybody else only followed one path. 
• In school, our biology teacher told us to put 3 reasons why people are obese. Everybody wrote the same three answers in the worksheet. But, a friend and I doubted that these were the only answers possible. We searched for more knowledge, and perspectives. We found out that pollution marks a great influence in the hormones and people become fat. 
• In my personal life, I doubted that the pain in my upper arm after playing a tournament was because of excess of games and effort because I might hit the ball too hard. After visiting many doctors, that could not find the exact reason for my pain, and for them the only solution was weight lifting. After all of this, I doubted that the pain came because of this so I searched for more information about the weight of the racquet and found out that the string I was using was only meant to be used for people of certain weight because it was too hard, and since I did not meet the requirements this harmed my arm. 

IB Assessment Blog

Topic: “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false”. Discuss this claim

Opinion: 

The statement is false. Reality is absolute. There is a clear distinction between truths and falsities. 

Plato once said: If you believe the truth is relative then you believe all views are correct. And if you believe all views are correct then you believe my views are correct. And since I believe truth is absolute, you must therefore believe truth is absolute." Relative truth leads to contradiction.

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An example of something true is that the world is round. No ma

tter how many people believed that the world was flat with and end, scientists have proved that the world is round. 

http://wyt4life.com/images/earth-reduced.jpg

HIstorical Issues

War in Iraq: This issue began with good reasoning from the U.S. The reason was that they wanted to protect Iraqi people from their cruel president Sadam Hussein because he was committing homicides etc. So the US decided to intervene. This good reasoning came wrong because they did not intervene peacefully but declared a war. The event became pretty ironic when you start thinking that many Iraqi people became hurt because of the war too. So the protection did not come. (http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk138/ez6102/IraqWar.jpg)

Mexican Revolution: This is another situation that started from a good reasoning from Francisco Madero. Even though, Madero was from the really high class of Mexico he did not agree with politics of Porfirio Diaz, and because of this he decided to start the Mexican Revolution, which resulted successful because he did take Diaz out of the power. This event went wrong, because Madero was a man who was too good for his own good. Sohe was in the end betrayed and murdered by those in whom he had mistakenly places his trust on. They declared a counterrevolution, and there even was a U.S. intervention involved, and a coup. (http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/projects/border/images/pic63a.jpg)

Spanish-American War: This event started when the US decided to declare the Monroe Doctrine which basically told European powers HAND OFF of America. The US wanted to liberate all the colonies from their European powers. This sounded as a great idea for the Latin Americans. But this idea turned around when the US wanted to take control of Latin America and started declaring many agreements that would gain them more power. Like the Roosevelt Corollary and all the other amendments which in the end had a catch. So in the end they gained the hate of all Latin America and the Caribbean and had to fix the situations. This is why they say "with great power comes great responsibility". (http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/008/images/philly_cartoon.jpg)

Origin of My Name

Name: Koritza 

Origin: Greek of Korce 

Italian - Corizza

City in Albania 

Meaning: no meaning

Name: Isabella 

Origin: Biblical Name 

Meaning: consecrated to God

Hebrew

Surname: Beneditt

Origin: Italian Benedetti 

Meaning: latin "benefit and blessed" 

Surname: Jiménez

Origin: Son of Jimeno or Simón- Spanish

Meaning: "gracious hearkening, snub nosed" 

I am named Koritza after my mother, my grandma had a Greek friend with the same name and she liked it. My dad named me Isabella instead of Isabel, which is my grandmothers name, because Isabella is the Italian for Isabel, and he is a big fan of Isabella Rossellini. 

Isabella Rossellini

Sources:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jimenez

http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Benedetti

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/al_m1921.html

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Isabella

5 Important Aspects of My Life

The most important aspect in my life is my family. They are my best friends my confidents, I can trust them, and I know they will be there for me no matter what. They have supported me in everything I've done. I love my family soo MUCH!

One important aspect in my life is my tennis national team. Even though tennis is an individual sport, making it selfish, there is always time for a team to support you. During all these years I've made very good friends who support me in my good and bas times.

Rafael Nadal is my inspiration and my role model. He has helped me see that I need to fight for what I want, no matter what happens. He is an important aspect in my life because one day I dream to be like him.

One important aspect in my life is tennis, because it has helped me become in a better person that is perseverant, disciplined, and determined. I have learned to fight for what I want. 

One important aspect in my life are my friends. They have always been there for me in my good and bad. One of my greatest fear is to leave to college and not being able to share all moments with them again.