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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are still bickering and I’m not sure OP
has even come back.  [/quote]

🤣 OP here. I've been reading but this thread is...a lot

I'm not sure what else to ask other than: why do people keep mentioning the inability to do IB and take extra curriculars. I'm big on the idea that kids should have well rounded school experiences. Is the extra coursework in IB problems so great that kids can't have outside activities. That doesn't sound like a great trade off but I could be misunderstanding.[/quote]

Most AP parents know very little about IB and resort to criticizing it. I haven't read every single comment here but from quickly skimming the thread I didn't see any mention of the IB Program's built-in CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) project.

[b]The CAS project is a requirement for the IB Diploma existing precisely for kids to explore extracurriculars of interest at a broad level.[/b] They create a documented portfolio of experiences during junior and senior years as they engage in activities across three categories. As you can see CAS is quite flexible to meet the needs of any type of kid - Creative/artistic, Activity/athletic, or Service/community involvement. Culminating in a long-term, open-ended project of their choosing.

Of course, as with anything, kids get out of it what they put in. Some anti-IB folks will call this kind of thing fluff and a waste of time. I've seen some excellent projects and some low-effort ones. But if taken seriously, it's a great opportunity for kids to accomplish something meaningful to them and goes beyond grades and academics.[/quote]

If it a required part of the IB diploma curriculum, then it’s not really an extracurricular, isn’t it?

Agree with the previous poster that CAS sucks out any joy of doing something outside the school that you have a passion for.

I’m amazed at the extent at which IB cheerleaders will go to spin every crappy feature of the program into something amazing, all while assuming every is too dumb to see right through it.

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I’m amazed at the extent to which some AP parents go to put IB down. It’s so odd esp. for those who don’t have first hand experience with it.  I don’t see this anti-IB rhetoric outside of FCPS. [/quote]

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