rabyl123 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 What would you describe this program in ONE word?I'd say a soruce of procrastination Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmar Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Superfluous. I feel many aspects of IB are just added to make it seem more complex than it really is. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabyl123 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Superfluous. I feel many aspects of IB are just added to make it seem more complex than it really is.Well,..? can you be more specific? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmar Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 (edited) Superfluous. I feel many aspects of IB are just added to make it seem more complex than it really is.Well,..? can you be more specific?CAS and TOK, and possibly the sixth subject group, although I do love my Visual Arts class. I feel these do not actively contribute to the "international education" IB stands for. CAS, at least for my school and from my point of view, is just doing whatever you can do to earn the advisor's signature without giving up too much of the student's time. Some students do care for their activities, but very few will confirm that they enjoy spending their day doing whatever they do for CAS. Most do simplistic activities to earn hours without actually gaining the experience I see/hear/read other IB students discuss. TOK is the definition of superfluous. As for the sixth subject, I would have loved to have tkane an additional subject in the other areas, but my school was against it. I feel as though these subjects (Visual Arts, Music, Film, Dance(?)) cannot be objectively graded for the exams, and would involve varied scores/marks if more than one examiner were to be shown the same student's work/material in that particular subject. Whereas you need to know this, this, and this for Biology to earn the full marks, the same cannot be said for Visual Arts. My teacher constantly says there's no "sure way" to earn a 7, and those that have, have been the most arbitrary. Edited October 2, 2010 by elmar Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 sadatovappyIB made me sad and depressed mos of the time, I hated most of the time. The messed up thing is..I just loved the challenge and at weird time, it just made me happy I am doing IB. IB evilly makes you hate it more than anything, yet just love it..and can't quite.That's my description of IB in one word. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charizard Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Sleepless.Yes, I think that sums it up quite well. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Glau Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 TediousFor CAS, and most IB paperwork Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharonlove Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Training. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplisticwonders Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 insanity.though i do feel like my one word should have either way more or way fewer letters. and be a higher level meaning word... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabyl123 Posted October 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 haha definently! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenpark Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 SURVIVAL 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lylo Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Opening... on an international network of students and opportunities Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB_sucks Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 uselessi just graduated with an IB diploma with a total of 42 and I've started college. i was very enthusiastic because i was going to get a significant amount of credits. well, it turns out that almost all of my possible credits were useless to me and none of them helped towards my major. number 2, as I am attending Texas A&M university right now, i find my self questioning: Would it really be different for me had I not done IB? I am just as intelligent (if not less) than most of my class mates and they have all done the regular "High School Diploma," which most people feel is inferior to any other educational system for some reason. From what I can see so far, I dont think that I have gained a so called "advantage" over my peers by taking the IB. If anything, I feel disadvantaged because I have wasted two years of my life just studying while my peers are more "fresh" if you will, and ready to take on a more meaningful challenge, getting an actual college degree. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaytay Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 pointless. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumps Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 attrition Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KifujinMizu Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 Suicide. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeG Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 (edited) uselessi just graduated with an IB diploma with a total of 42 and I've started college. i was very enthusiastic because i was going to get a significant amount of credits. well, it turns out that almost all of my possible credits were useless to me and none of them helped towards my major. number 2, as I am attending Texas A&M university right now, i find my self questioning: Would it really be different for me had I not done IB? I am just as intelligent (if not less) than most of my class mates and they have all done the regular "High School Diploma," which most people feel is inferior to any other educational system for some reason. From what I can see so far, I dont think that I have gained a so called "advantage" over my peers by taking the IB. If anything, I feel disadvantaged because I have wasted two years of my life just studying while my peers are more "fresh" if you will, and ready to take on a more meaningful challenge, getting an actual college degree.Congratulations on getting 42 points, and getting into a great school. IB in one word, I would also have to say: difficultWhile the work isn't hard, the problem is that there is so much of it. Math Portfolio's, IA's, TOK essay, Oral Exams, World Lit, Exams, and worst of all, the EE. Sometimes, (while I love some aspects of IB) I wish I would have just taken a whole bunch of AP or Dual Enrollment classes.-(A mixture of separate High school and college classes) Edited October 8, 2010 by JoeGuff Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Carl Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 Stress. The amount of homework, projects, IAs and studying that each student must fulfill is immense, therefore causing a lot of stress! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4_helpme_4 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Bull****. Yes, bull**** is one word. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miso soup Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Death.Because that's how it feels like most of the time. But I still love the program. A great opportunity for many things. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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