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Welcome to JJ's General Paper Issues

In the world today, there many different issues that people debate on. In General Paper, we discuss and read about these controversies on which people have contradicting views and examine the basis for these opinions. These issues are topics of concern that involve different stakeholders and perspectives.

The topic areas that we examine in General Paper include:

Historical, social, economic, political and philosophical topics
Science, including its history, philosophy, general principles, current developments and applications
Mathematical and geographical topics
Literature and language
Arts and crafts
Topics of local interest and national concern

In this website, we have transformed each topic from a statement to a question so as to help you to formulate different responses. This will come in very useful when you are brainstorming for your essay!

Begin by clicking on any question to explore the topic further! Have fun!

No.	Topic	Statement	Question
1	Arts Culture	The role of the arts in today's society	Is there a place for the arts in today's society?
2	Culture Globalisation	The growing importance and popularity of the English Language	Is English the best universal language?
3	Crime and punishment	The effectiveness of the criminal justice system	Should the criminal justice system focus on rehabilitation rather than retribution?
4	Discrimination	The success of the feminist movement	Does feminism promote discrimination against men rather than inequality?
5	Economics	Fair Trade as an organised social movement	Is Fair Trade really fair?
6	Economics	The effectiveness of aid and international organisations	Has aid helped Africa?
7	Education	The paradox of education and the role of formal and informal education	What constitutes education?
8	History	History and its usefulness	Does the past and present offer any guidance for the future?
9	Media	Advertisements as an important and integral part of our everyday lives	Why are advertisements entrenched in modern society?
10	Media Politics	The proliferation of illegal downloading online	Should the downloading of all software, music and other online materials be made legal?
11	Media Politics	The role of journalists	Are journalists watchdogs or lapdogs?
12	Media Politics Economics	The success of celebrity activism	Why is celebrity activism making headway in the modern world?
13	Politics	Viability of welfare states	Is the welfare state a sustainable form of governance?
14	Politics	Democracy as a form of government	Is democracy the best form of government?
15	Politics	Danger of nationalism	Is nationalism a dangerous sentiment?
16	Politics Crime and punishment	World peace as an ideal	Is world peace really as good as it sounds?
17	Politics Economics	The importance of food	Should all countries produce their own food?
18	Politics Economics	What determines power?	Is power determined by economic success or military might?
19	Politics Social	Human rights principles are enshrined but rarely practised	Are human rights universally upheld?
20	Science and technology	The rise of big pharmaceutical companies and their interests	Are drugs making us healthier?
21	Science and technology	Effects of genetically modified food	Are genetically modified foods a threat or a solution?
22	Science and technology Politics	Nuclear proliferation in the world today	Is it fair to limit nuclear possession to only a few countries?
23	Science and technology Social	Growing popularity of social networking websites and its impact	How significant are virtual communities?
24	Science and technology Social	Affordable healthcare as a basic human right	Should affordable healthcare be considered a basic human right in modern societies?
25	Science and technology Social Political	Euthanasia laws and its impact	Should assisted suicide be legalised?
26	Social	How we identify ourselves in society	Why are identities important?
27	Social	Migration of people from rural to urban areas	Do modern cities lure and trap?
28	Social Aged	Elderly and their impact on a country's progress	Are the elderly a stumbling block to a nation's progress?
29	Social Economics	The importance of work	Why work?
30	Social Economics	Income disparity in the world today	Some hardly eat, whereas some overeat. What's wrong with our world today?
31	Social Economics	The importance of tourism	Do the benefits of tourism outweigh the costs?
32	Social Family	The role of the government in family planning	Should the government interfere in family planning?
33	Social Politics	The impact of human trafficking	How is human trafficking still possible in the world today?
34	Social Youth	The growing maturity of children	Children: The age of innocence?
35	Sports	Problems of international sports	Why is international sports a disgrace?