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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are zoned for an IB school. Although we now understand IB more than before we still wish we looked at houses within a non-IB high school instead. I have a child who is not well rounded but super talented in math and science but weak in writing. IB diploma is not fair for kids like my daughter and others like her. They will do so much better at an AP school [b]where they can focus on subjects they are enthusiastic.[/b] IB is the same BS as the holistic review in AAP or TJ essay writing or whatever FCPS calls it. [/quote]
That's not what high school is about. You're supposed to be getting a general education in high school. Letting a teenager just focus on the subjects they like is the surefire way to never have them develop skills in areas where they are weak. We should want them to develop basic skills in those areas.

When they go to college, they get to pick a major. Not in high school. [/quote]

Your comment captures well why IB sucks. Students and parents are in the best position to decide what their high school education is about, what skills to develop and how to address their weaknesses.

Foreign language skills matter less these days with instant translation of everything and English being the lingua Franca of the world.

Humanities, or information collecting subjects matter less, see the abysmal enrollment in English and History majors that have been declining for decades.

A program like IB where you pick one of each in the last two years of high school in math, science, English, social sciences, foreign language and arts is only balanced on paper. It’s a poor choice for most students.[/quote]

DP. We are in agreement about one thing: students and parents are in the best position to make these decisions.

And guess what? Some parents don’t agree with you. My daughter had a very successful experience in IB, and we’d do it again. She’s a thoughtful human, a strong writer, and she walked into college with a heap of credit.

[b]I’m convinced there are only 2-3 regular posters on this thread who are vehemently anti-IB and they won’t stand down until every other parent relents.[/b] [/quote]

I'm convinced there are 2-3 regular IB boosters who alternate between saying there are 2-3 vehemently anti-IB posters and only those who don't know IB find it an inferior program.

This issue is only getting major attention now because FCPS is conducting a county-wide boundary review, the under-enrolled schools tend to be IB schools, and FCPS has provided no assurance that it won't rezone kids into IB schools even if they prefer AP.

So you are getting a lot of families who don't want to get tossed into IB schools making their voices heard now, so the School Board (which otherwise tends to function as an echo chamber) gets an advance peak at the opposition it could be facing later. [/quote]

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