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Re: International Baccalaureate

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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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04 Jul 2013 02:19 PM
Is anyone a member of this? The school I'll be going to next year uses it in their curriculum, but I've never heard of it and I'd like to walk into the school knowing something. From what I've read, it's really just a way of providing a higher-quality education to people who normally wouldn't have access to it.

So, any members here? What is it and how is an IB school different from an ordinary school?
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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04 Jul 2013 02:20 PM
I'm asking in scripters because no other forum is mature enough to house this thread.

Don't disappoint me, guys... and Tenal.
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BlueTaslem is not online. BlueTaslem
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04 Jul 2013 02:23 PM
I think it's not particularly different for students who would otherwise be in honors courses and putting rigor upon themselves.
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Prehistoricman is not online. Prehistoricman
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04 Jul 2013 02:31 PM
Britain started this thing called the English Baccalaureate and it failed miserably. It basically tried to stop students getting into universities based on their GCSEs.

Stupid idea. Glad it failed. Also glad I didn't take any notice of it.
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popinman322 is not online. popinman322
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04 Jul 2013 03:30 PM
"I think it's not particularly different for students who would otherwise be in honors courses and putting rigor upon themselves."
>rigor

More work isn't always better work. It frustrates me to no end that people always trend towards thinking that way.
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popinman322 is not online. popinman322
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04 Jul 2013 03:33 PM
To further my previous post, I give this example:
I can achieve more in ten minutes on a computer than most of my peers could achieve in an hour because I program and know the system well. Plugging away at hours of work is a stupid idea, you can't focus for that long and the more you try the greater your failure.

Effective work > long work. (This only applies to academics though, raking the yard goes faster if you just do it. x3)
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DannyCore is not online. DannyCore
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04 Jul 2013 03:37 PM
entirely crap

currently, I'm in a IB school and I think it's purely a waste as they force you to take 1 world-language (spanish, currently) and don't give you a chance to change unless you're in need of math help, which there is a class that's just for that that takes spanish's place.

they advertise their bs posters everywhere in the school. class to class, IB here and there. I glance at them sometimes when I'm bored.

please do yourself a favor and find another school that is non-ib
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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04 Jul 2013 03:39 PM
So your problem with it is the second language? Every school makes you take a second language AFAIK. I already took my two years.
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DannyCore is not online. DannyCore
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04 Jul 2013 03:45 PM
my main problem is the language. i as a 7th grader last year had to move school due to house movement. the last school I was in had AVID, which I was in. I got to skip these unnecessary language classes and spend 2 hours worth of time with AVID related stuff. it was such an enjoyment before I moved to a IB school for my 8th grade year. they advertise their posters everywhere, as I said in my previous post, and force you to learn 1 language during your entire middle school year. now I am in highschool and took another language that I am somewhat familar with, but still, i feel these languages are not needed in future life. especially if you're a programmer.
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DannyCore is not online. DannyCore
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04 Jul 2013 03:47 PM
also to point out *everybody has access to it*

all it takes is a parent signature
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Prehistoricman is not online. Prehistoricman
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04 Jul 2013 03:51 PM
'Every school makes you take a second language.'

England is a nice place to be :)
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popinman322 is not online. popinman322
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04 Jul 2013 03:56 PM
'Every school makes you take a second language.'

That's how it is here in NY, but you can drop the language for other classes (extra credits) once you get out of middle school (second year of the language).
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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04 Jul 2013 03:57 PM
I used to be in TN. They didn't even let you take a second language until high school. They took "no child left behind" very seriously.
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blocco is not online. blocco
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04 Jul 2013 03:57 PM
But I had 1A and 1B language classes in middle school so it only counted as one year
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awsumpwner27 is not online. awsumpwner27
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04 Jul 2013 04:09 PM
They try to teach us all French.

The curriculum is not suitable for all learners, and thus fails to teach this necessary skill.

The Unwise Wizard of Scripters has spoken.
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nickmaster24 is not online. nickmaster24
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04 Jul 2013 05:21 PM
Why you no google?

"International Baccalaureate Program provides an internationally recognized, challenging curriculum, resulting in broad and deep preparation for university studies. Classroom study in the core areas is extended by critical examination of theories of knowledge, participation in community service, and completion of an original research project. In addition to the high school diploma, students are awarded an IB diploma after successfully completing international exams in the six subject areas."
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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04 Jul 2013 05:23 PM
"deep preparation for university studies"

That's how every cirriculum describes itself, and it's obviously biased anyway so there's not even a reason to take that paragraph into consideration.
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nickmaster24 is not online. nickmaster24
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04 Jul 2013 05:30 PM
@Arceusinator

"Classroom study in the core areas is extended by critical examination of theories of knowledge, participation in community service, and completion of an original research project. In addition to the high school diploma, students are awarded an IB diploma after successfully completing international exams in the six subject areas."

Yeah, there's definitely nothing helpful in this paragraph.

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awsumpwner27 is not online. awsumpwner27
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04 Jul 2013 05:32 PM
I do that stuff in my free time.

The Unwise Wizard of Scripters has spoken.
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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04 Jul 2013 06:02 PM
"I do that stuff in my free time."

That's the reason I'm asking about it. There's no reason to commit to more work if all it gets me is a piece of paper. I can print one of those for much less money.
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nickmaster24 is not online. nickmaster24
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04 Jul 2013 06:28 PM
"That's the reason I'm asking about it. There's no reason to commit to more work if all it gets me is a piece of paper. I can print one of those for much less money."

Sigh... Money is paper (Special blend but stil). Diplomas are Paper. Degrees are paper.
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StealthKing95 is not online. StealthKing95
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04 Jul 2013 06:52 PM
I was going to, and my english was good enough, but my grades were 0.2 too low.
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SN0X is not online. SN0X
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05 Jul 2013 03:31 AM
It's bullcrap

Like anything to do with education

ok?

ty.

and yes my school (well old school that I left) had IB
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Radioaktiivinen is not online. Radioaktiivinen
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05 Jul 2013 09:00 AM
Im in IB (well officially starting after summer - we has dis "pre ib" year first)

I didnt have to learn a whole new language because im not in an english speaking country and thus already have a language in addition to english.

It has probably also been executed better than in your inferior mainstream countries.

Anyways, theres a bunch of deadlines, mucho math HW (not sure if the other subjects HW compares when i go to the "actual" IB - same teachers tho)

At least in muh country it resembles university stuff more than the national side or at least thats what i heard (with lab reports and writing a couple of long essays)

You also have more choice over what subjects you want to focus in i feel. Basically you get to skip the stuff you dont like, although unless you like many things, you have to take at least some of the not favorite subjects.

Then theres many acronyms that bring in some more deadlines and work.
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