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Social sciences interest me because of the diversity of topics they cover and the relevance to everyday life. I feel like knowledge of social sciences opens up the world and broadens understanding of what is going on in the world around us. It helps us understand people more on behavioral and psychological level. My interest towards social sciences first sparked in IB English class when we were covering the topic of Language and social relations and later language and gender. We were constantly analyzing different social groups in texts and novels and how they acted towards other social groups. After I finished high school, I started to learn about these topics by myself. I kept reading articles regarding social groups and changes in them, when I came across an article on the New Yorker titled Thresholds Of Violence by Malcom Gladwell. The article shows that social background or environment does not necessarily make people commit a crime. It also examines the …show more content…

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