IB Assessment - Trust experts or not?

TOPIC: How important are the opinions of experts in the search for knowledge?

OPINION: We should int

ake experts opinion 

of a matter we do not understand, but always remember truth is relative and their point of view shouldn't form our perspective of

 a subject. I should als

o add, experts are not always correct and might guide you in the wrong way instead of leading you through the path 

of knowledge. They are experts on one subject and to really know something you need to be able to relate it to the whole picture.

SUPPORT 1

In science and religion, you cannot base your believes by listening to experts on the matters. You have to form your own opinion and believes depending on how you feel toward one or the other. The picture shows a 

kid being dragged by an expert of each branch to take a side without letting him truly have a personal opinion.

SUPPORT 2:

Before America was disco

vered experts would claim the earth was flat. We now know better and we known that those experts 

were wrong despite they were professionals. Anyone who dared go against these ideas was puni

shed, and the experts led people in the wrong direction. In the picture we can see what scientists believed to be the end of the world and the fall toward the under world.

http://www.pensionriskmatters.com/flat-earth-society(1).jpg

http://images.google.hn/imgresimgurl=http://www.jorivers.com/images/sci_vs.religion.jpg&imgrefurl=http://stewartsstruggles.blogspot.com/&usg=__YxjBpDPPXqkHNBCODbA4VZN5Ibo=&h=548&w=748&sz=186&hl=es&start=12&itbs=1&tbnid=Oqxu7GBk7ubbwM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscience%2Bvs%2Breligion%26hl%3Des%26sa%3DG%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1

GOOD REASONING? History gone bad..

The Mexican Porfiriato: 1876-1911

After Mexico won its independence the country was left in ruins. Porfirio Diaz was elected president and he looked to modernize and reform Mexico. The economy in Mexico did change and the country was modernized, but the change was only benefiting the high class. Diaz's ideology was for the good of Mexico but instead he became a dictator loathed by the low class.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJxFcQEg-l9H-31ujWReievMNrfjW-P95UEEZqShWDAZraFp-bEhNejWTgQdLqP8gGYphLJ2KWcwbadNHphxsn7UgwgXlWSPClarUX3LqGncMi1DY-gn8jM_ninRXIgchHiyxOQlg65to/s400/t287962a.jpg

US Goes Pacific: 1898

In 1898 US annexed the islands of Hawaii in the Pacific ocean. At first they justified this action by saying it was the white mens burden to help these uncivilized natives. You could say their intentions were good at first, but later on

 the true intentions were recognized. Hawaii was convenient for the navy, the whaler companies, the missionaries, and the annexation primarily benefited the agriculture business men who tried to avoid paying high exportation taxes from Hawaii to US.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hawaii-petition/images/hawaii-petition-02.jpg 

A Fight for Religion or Power?: 1478

The spanish inquisition court was established in 1478. The Inquisition worked in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of recent converts, especially Jews, Muslims and witchcraft. They claimed it was a fight for God and the protection of the catholic religion. The most probable motives for the monarchs to support such treachery were increasing political authority, weakening opposition, suppressing conversos, and profiting from confiscation of the property 

of convicted heretics. Many people were murdered and tortured in unimaginable ways, with the excuse of  committing treason to God through their believes.

http://www.journeywithjesus.net/Essays/spanish_inquisition_small.jpg

ORIGIN OF MY NAME- Isabella Monique Espinal

Meaning of Isabella:

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: Devoted to God.

Origin: Italian

Meaning: Italian form of Isabel: consec

rated to God.

Origin: Shakespearean

Meaning: 'Measure for Measure' Sister to Claudio.

Origin: Spanish

Meaning: My God is bountiful. God of plenty. Devoted to God. A Spanish variant of Elizabeth.

Meaning of Monique:

Origin: French

Meaning: Variant of Mona: madonna. Wise.

Origin: Greek

Meaning: Variant of Monica: Alone. Advisor.

Meaning of Espinal:

It is more correctly Roman (Latin), and derives its origin from the pre Christian word 'spina', a description for a person who lived either by a prominent thorn bush, or more probably a defensive area protected by thorn bushes, or on the ridge or spine of a hill. As a late medieval surname, it was also applied as a nick name to a "difficult" person, one of "prickly" character.

Isabella Rossellini

Story of my mothers critical decision for my name:

When I was old enough to think about having a daughter and giving her a name, but not old enough to be serious about it, I played around with dog names. No, I did not think they were dog names until a few years later! If my memory isn’t playing tricks on me you were first named Poppy, it was chick and fun and I saw it in a movie.

During my teenage years I could have sworn I was not having any children of my own so I erased you from my thoughts completely. Throughout college my rebellion against motherhood had ceased and I played around with names comparing them to whoever my current boyfriend was. That’s when I came up with Franchesca and Monzerrrat, like you can guess the guys where all American or eastern.

These were all vague ideas, but I knew that my taste went for originality. It was a surprise when I got married and had my first child, your older brother; and named him after your grandfather’s. My name is Molly, after my mom, which was an obvious decision because we were born the same day.. but you were going to be born on a completely different date so that option was crossed out early!

During my pregnancy I saw this movie with Isabella Rossellini over and over again and tada!! I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER! I hated the combination of foreign names with Latin last names, and Isabella was the perfect match with your dad’s weird name. He had no voice in the decision and I was sure Isabella would be a perfect fit with the kick-boxing-restless-crazy-baby inside me.

Now when I call you by your whole name I could not be more sure it is perfect for you. You gave the historic royalty name completely another meaning of mischief, stubbornness, sarcastic humor and an edgy sweetness. Another interesting fact is that at least one daughter of my two brothers has the name Isabel somewhere inside their name, its almost like we planed it! 

http://www.andythenamebender.com/name-meanings/Isabella.htm

http://www.andythenamebender.com/name-meanings/Monique.htm

 http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Espinal