<p>Actually my TOK teacher brought it up at one point but he didn’t really go into it – he wouldn’t. I think he wanted us to go research it in our spare time if we wanted but not to spoil the surprise of who the Nacirema were but our class never really got into it. (Side note: TOK teacher is an anthropology major.) He also brought up Todorov and “The Conquest of America.” One really funny thing he did was when we were reading some random guy’s manifesto and we were all “TOK-ing” the situation and thinking that the guy was really smart and had some interesting ideas…and then we found out that we were reading the Unabomber Manifesto. And then we started discussing ethics implications, etc. Lots of talking, little writing.</p>
<p>My TOK teacher didn’t really give out essays. Usually readings (~20-100 pages a night). Apparently IB really liked his curriculum because the students managed to score high on TOK tests. 90% of the time, all we did was talk about the readings and “TOK them” (it’s become a standard phrase). I think, in the entire year, I’ve written, maybe…3-4 essays in the entire year whereas my friend’s TOK teacher sits and lectures and assigns an essay a night.</p>