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[quote=Anonymous]I get what the author of the aritlce is trying to say, but don't think that has any bearing on the IB program.  Local IB schools may use the term global citizens, but in fact, the program doesn't teach that there is one global answer, but rather gives students a better grounding in different cultural perspectives.  How WW II affected and was viewed by the U.S. and Latin America, for example.  Or an English class focusing on a more wordly variety of authors than the standard American/British lit perspective that many of us were brought up on.

People who have lived overseas may more readily see the value in the IB program because at a very visceral level they know what it feels like to live in a place where a culture other than their own is dominant --  and learn to adapt.  This involves not only learning to view things through the local cultural prism, but a great deal of explaining about why Americans view things the way we do.  In addition,  children of expats might have attended an IB school like mine did, so when they move back to the US that is all they know.  A PP saying that those who lived outside the US are more likely to get the IB isn't being snotty or elitist, it's simple fact.

As other have noted, the best thing to do if you want to know how the IB program works is attend an orientation at one of the local high schools.   [/quote]

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