harold treml senior THE QUESTION

MY EXTENDED ESSAY is about the commoditization of time and the popularization of the use of clocks in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. [People] are now much more conscious of time with having a watch or a clock in your room. Prior to roughly the 19th century, clocks were associated with religion. They have slowly developed into more of an association with the industrial complex as a whole.

The Inspiration

SCHOOL AS A concept exists as a way to increase the value of your time by getting a degree at a specific university. Throughout my entire life, I’ve noticed the amount of emphasis that people put on time and managing time properly. IB has given me a lot of experience with managing my time a lot better than I did before. I wanted to look into that as a larger phenomenon with my extended essay.