In November 2002, as part of my AS level General Studies course, I wrote this essay relating to the term ‘British’. As with the other school work released here, it’s released here under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.
How can one define ‘British’?
We use the term ‘British’ everyday in all sorts of situations, but can a set of factors, or even one single factor, be identified which defines the term? While there are a number of stereotypes associated with the British, can any of them be applied to everyone who calls themselves British? Also, with such a diverse mix of people calling themselves British, can one culture be identified as one with which everyone identifies with, and what are the defining characteristics which separate the British from the rest of the world? [read more]
The following essay was written as part of my AS-Level politics course at Halifax New College (which I’m concerned doesn’t exist any more — I can’t find mention of it on the Calderdale College website any more!). It dates back to October 2002 and discusses how Politics can be defined. It’s released here under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.
How can politics be defined?
Politics has not one meaning, but rather a number of different ones depending on how different perspectives analyse it, however, all different descriptions agree – politics is a social animal, one born out of the interactions between different indeviduals and groups, and how decitions are made. Politics can be seen to be one of two categorys: conflict resolution or control of power. The former being that politics is a process of removing conflict to produce harmony, and the latter being the ability to control and direct authority. [read more]
With the recent upgrade of my computer I had reason to copy a lot of data from an old hard disk to my new computer. While doing this I came across some of my old school work, both from GCSE and A-level. [read more]
The weather was certainly right for college – it rained non-stop from just before lunch, and is still raining now. [read more]