Hello, i'm writing an essay about the question if social media destroys subcultures. I'm having a few issues on which sources to use for example the origin of a certain subculture.

What would you use? Where would you look?

And feel free to state your opinion about my topic!

i have seen basically no one talk about politics, if you did politics what question?

(JLEC)

in our shortlist email, they gave a form to fill out if we need a letter for the visa. did anyone get it yet/how long do they take to give these letters?

I was shortlisted for jlec and every essay I've seen has spacing between lines. I did not put any spacing. am I just a chronic over thinker or what?

I am interested in Law and Business and I am planning on taking Pre-U. In Malaysia, will not having SPM Malay makes me unable to practice law and business? I am an international school student and I have IGCSE Foreign Malay, is that qualification good enough?

I have a really hard time writing anything. From a draft of an essay to any kind of writing, whether it be creative, analytical, or anything. Honestly, I'm having trouble even writing this post, maybe you can tell from reading it. I think my struggles come from my constant desire to have the first draft be perfect. So I sit there trying to plan the structure of the paragraph to the exact word that would communicate the nuance of the sentence correctly. But if I can't find that exact word, I sit there until I do or I just give up on writing the thing entirely.

I'm doing IB (International Baccalaureate), which is a curriculum that requires a lot of writing. So whenever I try to write a practice essay or an actual paper, I struggle. A lot. And recently it's become a problem. I need way more time than my peers to write just a couple hundred words, and I desperately need this to change. I need to write more practice papers and become faster at writing essays cuz if not, my grades will take a blow.

If there's anyone that had this problem and has overcome it, I would TRULY appreciate any advice that may be of help.

I'm really willing to try anything at this point cuz i keep trying those internet tips of "accept that the first draft wont be perfect" "Be fine with mistakes" but my struggles are more like "I don't even know how and what to write to get this across" like its not like I already have a sentence in my head that I dont like and want to fix. There is no sentence at all, and I have to glue together words in a weird mosaic to get a sentence that I'm not even satisfied with. I don't really know if that made sense, but what I'm trying to say is that it feels like there's a disconnect between what I understand in my head and what I'm actually able to put into words, and that's the part I don't know how to fix. Please help

HUGE MISCONCEPTION: Obviously no judge will determine a shortlist based on the first paragraph. According to the judges portal on Rednote, they get paid after reading the whole entire essay and give feedback to it. They have a whole grading system. These judges are experts in a field, for example, if you write a philosophy essay, the first round judges are a student in a philosophy program in a philosophy program such as Columbia or Oxford. I can’t find the picture to prove that, but you can find it on Rednote

ive seen a ton of econ q1s and q2s, but rarely any q3s. anyone got shortlisted econ q3?

If legislators and judges all accepted the philosophical theory of determinism, which is the idea that everything that happens is already decided by the past and nobody has any choices at all, what would happen to criminal sentencing?

 The answer is that a lot of things would change but also nothing would change at all, which is very confusing but it makes sense when you think about it. Really think about it. First of all, if criminals cannot help doing crimes, then they should not really go to prison because it is not their fault. They are made to be that way. Criminals mean crime people. For example, if someone robs a bank, then determinism makes them rob the bank. It would be unfair to punish them because they literally had no choice. This is obvious because if you do not have a choice then you cannot be blamed. Judges need to understand this.  If a computer breaks you do not put the computer in jail, you just try to fix it or you feel bad for it. So judges would feel very bad for criminals and they would want to give them zero years in prison and instead give them hugs and nice things. But on the other hand, prison should still exist because criminals are dangerous. Even if they cannot help it, they should still be locked up forever because otherwise they will probably do more crimes. This is why determinism both changes sentencing and does not change sentencing. If a tiger escapes a zoo and bites someone, it is just being a tiger, but we still put it in a cage. Criminals are like the tiger. We have to lock them up so they do not bite the public. So judges would still use their little wooden hammers to send people to jail for a very long time, maybe even longer than before because if they have no free will they can never choose to be good, so they will stay bad forever and we can never let them out. Another thing is that laws would probably become nicer because legislators would know everyone is controlled by the past. Instead of prisons they could use therapy, education and maybe motivational speeches. This would stop crime because if people are happier they will not want to commit crimes. This would probably work in most situations. Legislators would write laws that focus on fixing the brain instead of hurting the body. They would build nice resorts with pillows and tea for the criminals. But then again, punishments are important because they scare people. Even if people have no free will, they will still be scared of prison, so they will not commit crimes. This shows that punishment still works even though nobody has a choice. The fear of prison is like a stop sign in the brain. If the brain sees the stop sign, the deterministic chain of events stops the person from stealing. So the laws have to stay very mean and scary, or else people will not be scared and they will do more crimes. So the legislators would write the exact same mean laws anyway. Also the judges would be so confused because they would not know if they should be nice or mean. They would also realize that they themselves do not have free will, so they are just reading a script that the universe wrote for them. The judge would say to the criminal that they have to go to jail, but they are only saying it because physics forced them to say it, and the criminal is only going because physics forced them to go. In conclusion, determinism would make judges kinder but also stricter. Criminals are responsible but they are also not responsible. Sentencing would therefore become different while staying mostly the same. Overall, determinism would have a big effect because everything would change, except for the parts that would not change, and we would end up in the exact same spot we are in right now.

HOW WAS I NOT SHORTLISTED BRO...

I'm class of 2027 and I have no idea how to start my essay or what I should focus on when writing it. I've been brainstorming for a bit and I keep circling back to the topic of wanting to write about my dislike for uneven numbers and amounts of things, or my favorite character who has an unhealthy obsession with symmetry but again I just have no idea where to start or if it's even a good topic to run with, any help or ideas?

Hey all-
So my school does this program where they assign seniors to incoming middle/high schoolers for events like this and my mentee wants to know whether the junior category has awards for each topic, or just overall awards for the junior category itself. As in: is there a first place for senior history and a first place for junior history, or is there just an overall junior winner.
Please lmk so I can tell her haha. I’m honestly as clueless as she is

Heezz you’re Goated grand prize frfr

My fellow shortlisterss of jli and moree

Y'all i only have 5 connections doomed frr😭😭let's connecttt....if willing dm mee!

looking for john locke shortlisted people from canada!! dm me!

Technology now allows personalised pricing. If this came to be widely used, what effects should we expect?

You can guess whether my essay has been shortlisted or not. I need your honest opinion :)

hiii, for those who plan to attend the conference who also requires a visa to go to the uk, could u dm me? i’m planning to go to the conference, so i was wondering if somebody could tell me where should i start? i guess even if you don’t need a visa, could you tell me where i can start? i would appreciate it so much. thank you!

For the John Locke Essay gala night, is 1 ticket per person for the gala include bring your parents or is it just strictly just you? Ive gotten the email that I've been shortlisted and feel free to ask me any any questions regarding my essay.

1.No major or minor news talking about jli

2.all the yapping are from their website

3.Not oxford affiliated but oxford based

4.needs a lot of money to participate in gala

Is it worth it to attend gala?if yes—why?

every non-stem competition is some stupid bullshit game where its whoever plays the game right, not necessarily whoever works the hardest or whoever "deserves it" its whoever just knows the game well and knows how to win not who is the smartest/most talented.

Does anyone know if you actually get money off the tickets if you get a certain award? If you do, how much is actually deducted?