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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Foreign language for 5 years, TOK, etc are not requirements of IB courses, only the diploma (which completely unnecessary if the student doesn’t want to do it). Please, if you are going to argue against IB, pick things that actually matter. There is plenty to complain about with regards to the program, but you sound super uninformed and biased when you complain about things that are options, not mandates.[/quote]

Please, at least be honest about it, you’re so deceitful that you must be an IB coordinator or teacher at one of those schools. The feature of the IB program is the diploma, it is pushed hard by IB coordinators, you have to do it if you want the most rigorous check mark, and about two thirds of students enroll in it.

If students take IB classes a la carte, then really there’s no reason to duplicate AP and DE with a worse, more expensive program, that takes longer, gets less credit, and does not match well with American colleges, which is the most important function of high school education, ie successfully transition students into college.

If you have the best interest of the students in mind, aka integrity, you wouldn’t advocate for IB schools. That’s especially true for the lower performing and low socioeconomic status students which are screwed over the most by IB programs.[/quote]

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