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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Other than the theory of knowledge course which is unique, why is IB desirable if kids in general are not well rounded enough to get an IB diploma?[/quote]

I've always wondered what is so special about this class, other than the lofty sounding name? People I talked to in the program all hated this class and how much BS and a waste of time they thought it was. I hope this is not fully true and there is more to IB classes than forcibly having to produce essays about fluff.[/quote]

It's an epistemology course--a core, central construct of philosophy.  It's a solid course and only BS if you don't understand the concepts.  IB students also do an extended essay--writing a 4000 word research paper with peer-reviewed sources on the topic of their choice.  It's a great base for what you actually do in college.  They also write research papers for each of their topics outside of the course--like for a math class they have to choose a real world problem and apply mathematical concepts to it and create a report often working over the summer to finish these "extras."  So IB in general is far more writing and research intensive than IB--perhaps painful though for those who don't like to write. [/quote]

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