Task 1:
The graph projects the population proportion of three different between years 1940 and 2040 among 65 year-old and above.
In 1940 Japan’s elder generation was 5%, Sweden has about 7% and USA has around 9%. 20 years later, Japan’s 65 year-old declined by roughly 1% as opposed Sweden and USA with 1% increase. By 1990′s Sweden and USA’s elder population decreased while in Japan, the 65 years old and above started to rise in number after a period of plateau from 1960 to 1980. On the other hand from 1980 to early 2020, there was a foresighted leveling of 65 years and above at around 14%, meanwhile in 2010 Sweden, the figure rose significantly by approximately 7% from its decline in the 90′s. Last 20 years ago. The most notable increase however was noted at Japan’s older population with a significant rise of 15% from its projected number in 2030, and continued to be foreseen as increasing.
Over all, Japan experienced a period of decline but with rising figures in the later years. Sweden and USA has fluctuating record, though the three countries’ older generations were projected as increasing come 2040.
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Task 2
Equality is important these days. What a man can do, the woman also tries to do, and this social fact is also relevant in universities because there are people who are believe that there should be an equal number of male and female students in a given class.
I suppose having the same number of men and women is somewhat impossible. There are many factors to be considered: first, the number of enrollees that registered in a certain subject or course. We might want to investigate how many per gender enrolled as to divide the class equally. In my case, I was a Nursing major and most student nurses in our schools are females, while only a handful of male are enrolled. Naturally, more females than males are there in a given class. Another point to ponder into is the fact that some subjects are labeled ‘feminine’ or ‘masculine by society which creates an invisible wall when a person decides to pursue a certain course’. Take Civil Engineering for example, a friend of mine who took up engineering claimed that in his class of 20, only three were females. Perhaps, it is safe to say that Civil Engineering gives off a masculine vibe thus attracting lesser women students.
Despite the progress of equality movement on both genders, there are things that still need to be deliberated. This issue among universities is more than an equality matter. I think it does not matter whether there are only five males as opposed to 15 females in a certain class and vice versa after all, the universities are more concerned on academic pursuits more than anything else.
