International Baccalaureate Program

[KillarneyRose]

Has anyone participated in this? Anyone familiar with it?

Two of the high schools in my county are offering this and a third will be on board next year, and I was interested in hearing from someone not associated with the county schools what the fuss is all about.

[NutBrnHair]

One of my friends (and a former collegue of mine) was very involved as a teacher. Personally, I had never heard of it, but her knowledge, judgment, expertise, etc. is exceptional. She sold me on the program. The kids she worked with went on to competitive colleges & did very well.

[Rudey]

If your child can take AP classes instead you should opt for that.

-Rudey

[BobbyTheDon]

My high school had this program. The kids who were in it were dorks, and got made fun of.

Don't let your kids get made fun of. Let them be cool and smoke weed


or work at hooters or something

[honeychile]

KR, there is a MAJOR argument going on about IB at Upper St. Clair HS, a little is here. The program itself is at http://www.ibo.org/. From their site:

"IB programs help North American schools to:
-add international perspectives to their academic offerings
-measure teaching and learning against an international standard
-satisfy the educational needs of culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse student populations
-build students’ confidence in their learning abilities
-develop students’ capacity to think critically and act compassionately in a complex, ever-shrinking world
-connect their teachers to a world-wide community of teachers working on best educational practices
-implement the most effective classroom practices from around the world
-provide their teaching faculty with the opportunity to develop and expand their professional skills in the areas of school leadership, examining, curriculum writing, program evaluating, school mentoring and leading workshops."

From what I understand (I only know one person who's been through it), it's akin to a K-12 Advanced Placement program with an international emphasis.

[macallan25]

Iheard from somewhere that the IB was superior to AP

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by honeychile
KR, there is a MAJOR argument going on about IB at Upper St. Clair HS, a little is here. The program itself is at http://www.ibo.org/. From their site:

"IB programs help North American schools to:
-add international perspectives to their academic offerings
-measure teaching and learning against an international standard
-satisfy the educational needs of culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse student populations
-build students’ confidence in their learning abilities
-develop students’ capacity to think critically and act compassionately in a complex, ever-shrinking world
-connect their teachers to a world-wide community of teachers working on best educational practices
-implement the most effective classroom practices from around the world
-provide their teaching faculty with the opportunity to develop and expand their professional skills in the areas of school leadership, examining, curriculum writing, program evaluating, school mentoring and leading workshops."

From what I understand (I only know one person who's been through it), it's akin to a K-12 Advanced Placement program with an international emphasis.

It is, kind of. However, most schools allow you to pick and choose your AP courses, while the IB program is more structured. It is more "superior" to the AP program in the sense that it is more international and "well-rounded"

[wrigley]

KR here's a thread where some people talk about the program.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ureate+Program

[Rudey]

Originally posted by macallan25
Iheard from somewhere that the IB was superior to AP

I knew one person that was in an IB program. She gave me the worst head of my life.

-Rudey
--The girls with AP classes went to good schools and blew like pros.

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally posted by Rudey
I knew one person that was in an IB program. She gave me the worst head of my life.

-Rudey
--The girls with AP classes went to good schools and blew like pros.

Broheimus,

you let a girl from an IB program give you head?


In the words of Summer from THE OC. "ummm EW!"

[Rudey]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
Broheimus,

you let a girl from an IB program give you head?


In the words of Summer from THE OC. "ummm EW!"

I think the closest thing she had ever done to this was eat corn on the cob, because that's what it felt like she was doing.

-Rudey
--I'm thinking of putting her face on my board bro...you think I'll be the coolest guy in the water?

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally posted by Rudey
I think the closest thing she had ever done to this was eat corn on the cob, because that's what it felt like she was doing.

-Rudey
--I'm thinking of putting her face on my board bro...you think I'll be the coolest guy in the water?

She must of had braces. Atleast the AP girls get invisilign

[honeychile]

Originally posted by Rudey
I knew one person that was in an IB program. She gave me the worst head of my life.

-Rudey
--The girls with AP classes went to good schools and blew like pros.

You've just convinced KR to send her girls to IB.

Wrigley, your PM box is full!

[Rudey]

Originally posted by honeychile
You've just convinced KR to send her girls to IB.

Wrigley, your PM box is full!

Were you in the IB program honey?

-Rudey

[carnation]

A local high school counselor made a good point. She said that she'd had her own kids do AP instad of IB because she'd seen so many kids here knock themselves out in the IB program and then attend some nearby community college or very unselective college.