Knowledge is the theory or empirical of a particular subject area and is used in different aspects of our lives. Shared knowledge is either a fact or an agreement by the majority. It is a public knowledge as a large number of people or a small group, such as religious groups, ethnic groups and school groups, could access this knowledge. In the contrary, personal knowledge is gained from one’s experience, education, and observation and is possessed by the individual. Although everyone develops his or her own personal knowledge, such as perspective, behavior and personality, shared knowledge is the one responsible in fashioning one’s opinions and thoughts. This essay will discuss whether shared knowledge can shape personal knowledge with regards
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A child soldier, Khaled, who escaped the ISIS army with the aid of his mother, stated that he would not join ISIS if he had been told about the truth about the extremist group. Like some of the child soldiers, he volunteered to be a part of ISIS without the actual knowledge of what the group actually is. He heard a false rumor about how kind the group was and that it was with the revolution. Depressed and confused because an army attacked his neighborhood, he enrolled in ISIS in hopes to defeat the army. The extremist religious classes shocked him and he claimed to see people being tortured everyday. No one was allowed to leave the brutal training camp. Khaled was sent to his first battle after only fifteen days in the camp, he felt terrified and lonely because he had nobody to lean on and he was scared that he would be tortured or punished by his superiors. The child soldiers were told that they were going into war against gangs and thieves. In reality, they were fighting against the Free Syrian Army. The lack of shared knowledge about ISIS led Khaled into making the decision to join the group’s army. However, he gained knowledge about this extremist group through his experience as a child soldier. With his personal knowledge, he is now speaking against the extremist group, telling others to not join ISIS. The personal knowledge that is gained by an individual through education or experience could provide or form shared
A child soldier, Khaled, who escaped the ISIS army with the aid of his mother, stated that he would not join ISIS if he had been told about the truth about the extremist group. Like some of the child soldiers, he volunteered to be a part of ISIS without the actual knowledge of what the group actually is. He heard a false rumor about how kind the group was and that it was with the revolution. Depressed and confused because an army attacked his neighborhood, he enrolled in ISIS in hopes to defeat the army. The extremist religious classes shocked him and he claimed to see people being tortured everyday. No one was allowed to leave the brutal training camp. Khaled was sent to his first battle after only fifteen days in the camp, he felt terrified and lonely because he had nobody to lean on and he was scared that he would be tortured or punished by his superiors. The child soldiers were told that they were going into war against gangs and thieves. In reality, they were fighting against the Free Syrian Army. The lack of shared knowledge about ISIS led Khaled into making the decision to join the group’s army. However, he gained knowledge about this extremist group through his experience as a child soldier. With his personal knowledge, he is now speaking against the extremist group, telling others to not join ISIS. The personal knowledge that is gained by an individual through education or experience could provide or form shared