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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wonder if they are teaching the fact that so many other countries are intolerant in the IB program?  Kind of doubt it.[/quote]

I think the point of the IB program (as administered in the US) is to teach empathy for others, not to bash the US.  I don't think teaching empathy for others and teaching patriotism are mutually exclusive.  I think it can be the best of both world.  [/quote]

That's a silly and likely elusive goal for what's typically held out as a rigorous college prep program.  IB equips a small subset of students to banter with one another using IBO-favored terms such as "hegemony."  The article cited in the OP suggests that type of approach is more likely to teach elitism than empathy.  [/quote]

I think the IB program here is crap. It is rigorous but kids learns nothing but crap. We were in an IB program overseas. The interesting thing is, the school was heavily focus on math, technology and science. There were also a lot of writing DONE in class and a focus in world history, and lots of travels(3-4 times/year). Your IB diploma would represent someone who is not clueless about global issues, who speak a couple languages, but mostly well versed in math/physics/technology. No one thinks they're special by getting an IB diploma. My own kids will focus on the AP program and some travel abroad in between.

This is what I have learned from people who write these types of 'expert' articles. They'll visit the country of their subject after studying it for years in a lab(college campuses) maybe as a fellow for a few months to year, surrounding themselves with a captive audience (students, other professors), looking to reinforce preexisting opinions. Without much passive observation, they then come back here and write an 'experts' book or article about said country  So here I am thinking but I've lived here for 5 years and I'm somewhat part of the local culture since my kids attend the local school,  I'm just now having a surface understanding of this culture. It is similar to a foreigner who has lived here for 5 years and then go back to their home country an expert on everything american. Would that be possible? Anyway I do not listen to elitist snobs' advice about anything.  [/quote]

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