GP Essay Assignment

Deadline: First GP Lesson in Term 4 (Mon, 10/9)
Instruction: Write out the essay question at the top of your script. Word limit is 500-800 words


Answer one question from this paper.

Answers should be between 500 and 800 words in length.


1. How far would you say that the media controls who we are and how we think?

2. Modern education turns students into robots. Is this a fair comment?

3. To what extent does the information super-highway need traffic police?

4. In a world of uncertainty, what are the values that can best guide us?

5. Is there any value in comics?

6. “To punish is to seek revenge.” Do you agree?

7. “We have no choice but to exploit our environment.” What is your view?

8. "Objective reporting is a myth." To what extent is this true of the mass media?

9. ‘Environmental degradation is a necessary cost of economic progress.’ Discuss.

10. ‘Marriage is not a word – it is a sentence.’ Examine people’s perception of marriage in rapidly changing world.

11. “Everybody is talking but nobody is listening." Comment.

12. Competition has resulted in a less compassionate and less caring society.
Is this true of your country?