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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me out this another way:

You: "Families should know what they're getting into if they don't go with Smac or RMIB!"

Other people: "Sure. Here are our experiences with IB."

You: "Those experiences are wrong. Let me extrapolate how. I don't need evidence, or facts. My word should be enough. I took math." [/quote]

Or another way:

Poster A: "I have an interest in RMIB."

Poster B: "RMIB is clearly superior as the criteria-based magnet."

Poster C: "Why RM?  All MCPS IB programs are the same!"

Poster D: "Not exactly.  Some MCPS IBs don't offer the same class levels, and that means that MCPS might not meet the student where they are."

Poster E (maybe B?): "IB math levels don't matter when higher-level non-IB math is available, and IB, itself, isn't really that worthwhile.  That's the experience of the Algebra 2 in 8th crowd."

Poster F (conflating Posters D & E, responding to poster D): "You're terrible and don't know what you're talking about."

Poster D: "Poster E and I are not the same. MCPS still isn't meeting the need equitably, though.  PS -- IB can be really good if it meets students where they are."

<posters continue ignoring the difference between D & E>[/quote]

We get it. You're poster D. You want us to know two things:

1.) All IB programs are inferior to SMAC.
2.) Some IB programs are more inferior than others.

The fact that several posters are lapping rhetorical rings around you, is lost upon you. But some, like me, have noticed and wonder if you are an example of why an entirely Stem-based foundation can be lacking. [/quote]

Missed it, again.  Take out #1 (that was Poster E).  Rephrase #2 into, "IB can be great, but not all MCPS IB programs yet consistently offer classes at the higher level that might best meet some students where they are.  Ask MCPS to do something about this and be aware in the meantime."

If rhetorical lapping is occurring, here, it's from logical fallacies like the conflatory strawman, there, not from anything really countering the above quote.[/quote]

If equitable access to higher level math (which one, MVC?) is your concern, you can either get it elsewhere or maybe IB program is not a good fit for that student.

You can’t have an MVC class for the one student once every other year that might want to take it.[/quote]

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