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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP convinced that the DC Public Charter Charter Board, along with YY and DCI parents and admins, will sit up and notice eventually when the DCI seniors don't ace IBD Chinese exams, ha. Forget it. This isn't MOCO. Those responsible will declare victory regardless.

Banneker's IBD scores have been really low since the 1990s and nobody cares.  What will happen is that affluent DCI parents who are serious about kids scoring high on the tests will find pricey ways to supplement, with summer immersion camps etc. The difference between IB Standard Level and Higher Level, and Standard Diploma versus Bilingual Diploma will be lost on the rest. DCI won't even require all students to take the full IBD, which although this happens at suburban programs in this metro area (Rockville HS, Washington-Lee, Bethesda Chevy-Chase, Albert Einstein in Wheaton etc.).

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Actual Ib graduate here- the PP above "Heritage Dad"- has no clue what he's talking about. Students are required to take 3 higher level subjects and the remaining subsidiary subjects for the IB diploma. You don't get a "higher level" diploma.

Just ignore him. He must be so pathetic and sad if he spends all his time trashing a DC school when he's stuck out in MoCo. [/quote]

Unfortunately, he does seem to know what he's talking about, says this actual IBD graduate. Any "B Language" can be studied at the SL or HL, but only the HL for the fairly new Bilingual Diploma. The DCI program seems to be preparing Mandarin track students to take SL IB Chinese. Most parents will be thrilled with SL, but a few will wonder why HL wasn't in reach after the years of Mandarin immersion and partial immersion. Parents may want to raise the issue with admins once the DCI HS program is up and running at Walter Reed. DCI students w/out native speakers in the home are going to need weeks and weeks of full-on immersion experiences during summers to clear the HL speaking and listening bar. Maybe fundraising could be done eventually to support HL studies at DCI.

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And what a coincidence it is to have both of you leaving giant gaps at the end of your posts. It is almost as if you're the same poster!!!

I was raised in a bilingual household and spent years in my other country, but I would have preferred taking my language exam SL, which I did and got a 7. That's the best way to raise your overall IB score. Unless things have changed, HL language classes are focused on literature and are extremely difficult for non native speakers who aren't exposed to the language every day. In addition, it's not a good strategy in terms of college placement.

Please go away Heritage dad and his sock puppets. [/quote]

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