Social Issues Responses
Topic 1: Environmental Preservation
The issue presented in this video of Sylvia Earle by TED Talk (2009) is the destruction of the wildlife in the oceans. People are involving in different activities which contribute to the destruction of many big fishes and other wildlife species. This is a social issue because it is affecting the life supporting system. The oceans play the big role in human life. They generate oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, generate rain, and many other benefits that human kind gets from the ocean existence. The destruction of those wildlife species in the oceans as well as oceans themselves affects people’s lives. Sylvia Earle presents the point of stopping those activities and creating many protected …show more content…
She is presenting the issue of the food system on the global level where she is talking about hunger and obesity. The main issue presented in this video is the problem with the global food system where many people are meeting with hunger due to the lack of food while others are facing the problem obesity. This issue is affecting me in different context. Based on the development level of my country, sometimes I meet with the problem of hunger because I do not get food with sufficient nutrient. Sometimes also, when I want something to eat, it is hard to get another thing in the way apart from those processed food which can cause obesity or other sickness like cancer, diabetes, etc. This issue is affecting me and the whole society of the …show more content…
He showed that the government is investing enough money in education, creates the new initiative, creates good learning environment, but all of these things are going in the wrong direction. The main social issue is the investment of a lot of money in the education whereas it is moving in the wrong direction. Teachers are not focusing on the main point of helping students to learn. This is a social issue because it is causing many drop outs of children. This is a serious issue because the government is investing a lot in education while the level of education is not increasing. In my secondary school, I always I was pushed to be at a certain level of standard, and for some points, I was not interested to learn those things. For example, I always did standardized test to see how I was performing in different materials, but I did them because I was pushed not because I am interested. This issue affected my education because I did what I was asked, not what I was interested
Topic 1: Environmental Preservation
The issue presented in this video of Sylvia Earle by TED Talk (2009) is the destruction of the wildlife in the oceans. People are involving in different activities which contribute to the destruction of many big fishes and other wildlife species. This is a social issue because it is affecting the life supporting system. The oceans play the big role in human life. They generate oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, generate rain, and many other benefits that human kind gets from the ocean existence. The destruction of those wildlife species in the oceans as well as oceans themselves affects people’s lives. Sylvia Earle presents the point of stopping those activities and creating many protected …show more content…
She is presenting the issue of the food system on the global level where she is talking about hunger and obesity. The main issue presented in this video is the problem with the global food system where many people are meeting with hunger due to the lack of food while others are facing the problem obesity. This issue is affecting me in different context. Based on the development level of my country, sometimes I meet with the problem of hunger because I do not get food with sufficient nutrient. Sometimes also, when I want something to eat, it is hard to get another thing in the way apart from those processed food which can cause obesity or other sickness like cancer, diabetes, etc. This issue is affecting me and the whole society of the …show more content…
He showed that the government is investing enough money in education, creates the new initiative, creates good learning environment, but all of these things are going in the wrong direction. The main social issue is the investment of a lot of money in the education whereas it is moving in the wrong direction. Teachers are not focusing on the main point of helping students to learn. This is a social issue because it is causing many drop outs of children. This is a serious issue because the government is investing a lot in education while the level of education is not increasing. In my secondary school, I always I was pushed to be at a certain level of standard, and for some points, I was not interested to learn those things. For example, I always did standardized test to see how I was performing in different materials, but I did them because I was pushed not because I am interested. This issue affected my education because I did what I was asked, not what I was interested