IB Schools and "Global Citizens"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think all schools should offer AP similar to the way it's done in Arlington. If they want to have a couple of magnet programs like the academies as well, that's fine, but all local high schools should offer AP classes.

+1. I would have to provide transportation for my kids to be able to take AP classes because we are at an IB school. We may have to move when we get to that point. Also, FCPS seems to be increasing its investment in IB since it's expanding it to middle schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think all schools should offer AP similar to the way it's done in Arlington. If they want to have a couple of magnet programs like the academies as well, that's fine, but all local high schools should offer AP classes.

+1. I would have to provide transportation for my kids to be able to take AP classes because we are at an IB school. We may have to move when we get to that point. Also, FCPS seems to be increasing its investment in IB since it's expanding it to middle schools.

Sorry, I meant expanding IB to elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've lived over half my adult life overseas for work (Japan, Thailand, Korea, England, and Germany).

Is the US best at "everything"? nah.

But almost everything that matters to be sure.... I can't think of a single country that is as free and tolerant as we are. None close really.

Most idiotic comment I have read on DCUM, and that is saying something... You cannot compare a country where habeas corpus is effectively suspended, where you live in fear for your life because everyone has a gun, where judges sell teenagers to private prisons for profit, where gay marriage is illegal in most states, where it is illegal to drink a beer at 20, where the NSA taps every phone call and email, where torture is legal, where even the clothes people wear are conformist, with a country like the UK, where the opposite is true in every respect. That is freedom.

[Anonymous]

Most idiotic comment I have read on DCUM, and that is saying something... You cannot compare a country where habeas corpus is effectively suspended, where you live in fear for your life because everyone has a gun, where judges sell teenagers to private prisons for profit, where gay marriage is illegal in most states, where it is illegal to drink a beer at 20, where the NSA taps every phone call and email, where torture is legal, where even the clothes people wear are conformist, with a country like the UK, where the opposite is true in every respect. That is freedom.

Nothing like ignoring all the great things about this country. I have lived in other countries and I agree with the earlier poster--this-the US- is the best!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've lived over half my adult life overseas for work (Japan, Thailand, Korea, England, and Germany).

Is the US best at "everything"? nah.

But almost everything that matters to be sure.... I can't think of a single country that is as free and tolerant as we are. None close really.

Most idiotic comment I have read on DCUM, and that is saying something... You cannot compare a country where habeas corpus is effectively suspended, where you live in fear for your life because everyone has a gun, where judges sell teenagers to private prisons for profit, where gay marriage is illegal in most states, where it is illegal to drink a beer at 20, where the NSA taps every phone call and email, where torture is legal, where even the clothes people wear are conformist, with a country like the UK, where the opposite is true in every respect. That is freedom.

Save it for your IB essay. I'm sure the graders in London and Geneva will eat this stuff up. We'll just focus on a rigorous AP curriculum with plenty of challenging courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't see anything in this article that has to do with the International Baccalaureate program. What I read was a piece that is critical of higher - especially graduate - education public affairs and policy.

Also, why would more than 1/3 of Americans need a passport? I am an American who has traveled extensively abroad because of my work, but I think I could do with a good number of years traveling around and trying to understand the vastness and diversity that are also found in the United States.

Yes, why would you want to see how we connect to the world at large. in fact, lets stop issuing passports all together, we have everything we need right here.

USA! USA!

[Anonymous]

Isn't the IB curriculum a for profit organization?

I think one of the DC charter schools has an education curriculum that is similar....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the IB curriculum a for profit organization?
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No.