Presenting our topic to the class was easy.

Lana and I had researched

thoroughly and very well. We also understood what we researched, which is an
important part in presenting. You need to know what youre talking about so that
your audience can understand what youre saying, and so that you can answer
any questions they have. Our presentation was not over 10 minutes, but not
under 7 minutes, which was great.
After presenting our own topic, we listened to our classmates present
their topic. Faisal, Ziad, and Ghaleb presented history. There was nothing really
surprising about history, the same way there was about art. It was simple and
straight to the point. As for the human sciences, Jude, Christina, and Natasha
presented it. The human sciences were more interesting than history. I liked how
there are two types of people in this word, subjective people and objective
people. I learned how complex the human sciences are. Science is my passion, so
I was really intrigued with this topic. Math is what I do best. I find math so easy
and simple. But when Razan and Mina presented it, I noticed math is not as
simple as it seems. Its sort of like art. Math as an area of knowledge in TOK
raises so much question. Are numbers real? What are numbers? Even throughout
the presentation, these questions were not fully answered. Some questions never
get answered, because each person answers them differently and in their own
perspective. This is the beauty of TOK. It makes you think for so long only to
come to the answer that you think is right and that you believe in according to
your own knowledge and theories. All the presentations had this element to
some extent. I found it most evident in the arts and in mathematics.
When all presentations were finished, we were told that we would be
divided into 4 groups again, but this time with different people, and that each
group would be assigned another area of knowledge from the four areas left that
we didnt do. This was to be done in the next lesson. It is very important to
discuss what you learned during presentations and what you understood from
each presentation I think. This is because the people who did the presentations
need to know if they have the ability to have a whole class understand what they
present, or if they are unable to achieve this. We also did this so that we can sort
of recap on what we learned from each other and to test our listening skills.
We began reflecting on each presentation and seeing whether the class
remembered what was presented or not. Our teacher would ask us random
questions about topics that we didnt do our presentation on. I was asked about
mathematics and history. I was able to answer the historical question easily but
when it came to the mathematics, the whole class began saying their opinions
about the question because it was a TOK question, one that each individual
answers differently. I was happy to see that the people who were asked about
the arts were able to answer the questions they were asked. The questions were
detailed and they answered using what Lana and I wrote in our presentation.
This proved that we were able to get what we learned through research across to
the class, and it proves that the majority of the class has good listening skills.
I had so much fun doing the presentation about the arts. The areas of
knowledge allow us to look at the simplest things we see in our everyday lives in

such a complex and thoughtful way from different perspectives. I am looking

forward to working on the other four areas of knowledge; indigenous knowledge
systems, ethics, natural sciences, and the religious knowledge systems. These
areas seem more complex and interesting, and I honestly cannot wait to find out
what each one is.