Why are global and everyday actions rated differently by people in different countries, cities, neighbourhoods, schools?
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Zlatan Camo Tok Essay 23rd of Oct "In order to truly understand the world, one must understand the filters through..." Why are global and everyday actions rated differently by people in different countries, cities, neighbourhoods, schools? Even a simple conversation between two people can be understood in several ways by the listeners. So why is it that everyone hears and sees facts differently than they are? Experience, reason, emotion, and language are the main filters through which we perceive our everyday world. Experience is a continuous lesson taught to us by time. Elderly people are said to have more experience than the young and the main reason for that is they have lived through more than the young. More correctly, they have undergone the same procedures several times, making their choice more trustworthy. For example, elderly people are often consulted when a certain item is to be bought such as an antique. The buyer asks...

