This is a continuation of the article I’ve written recently on the “List of TOK Examples to Avoid”.

Instead of informing you guys “things to avoid” which may not be applicable to your essays, I’ve decided to come with another of things you should include! Just a word of advice: it’s not so black and white like the examples I stated in the previous article.

When it comes to TOK essays, students usually know they are often encouraged to use original evidence. It’s always more encapsulating to markers when students have their own creative original flair such as the use of real-life examples or a story examiners have never heard of before. In this article, we list down the list of examples commonly overused and you should avoid.

We’re often bombarded by a plethora of content that informs us to ‘do this’ and ‘do that’. What’s worse is being inoculated with the same approach under an additional subject on top of a six-subject heavy workload.

Theory of Knowledge. Sounds interesting, whacky, nebulous, but how exactly am I supposed to be assessed on a subject like that?

To those who’ve just started off your IBDP journey, you’re in for one hell of a ride. Nonetheless, hats off to you for choosing an extremely unique program. While most of you reading this will have just finished orientation and sat through hours of boring briefings, the question you might have is, how do I go about writing a 4000-word long ‘mini-thesis’?