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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents debating the value of an advanced diploma are overlooking that kids have their own preferences. Sometimes, the advanced diploma is less about how we—as parents—perceive its worth and more about the sense of accomplishment it gives them.[/quote]

You really think the kids care about an advanced diploma? I mean, maybe some do, but I have yet to talk to someone graduating who announces "I completed the advanced diploma!" I have heard it from kids who completed the IB Diploma but never a non-IB kid. I suspect if you walk through the difference in the diplomas most kids would scoff at them just like parents do. Most kids who are going to college will complete all of the academic requirements for the advanced diploma. The ones who miss it are the ones who could careless about taking a sequenced elective that is not a foreign language. I don't know too many kids who would give up trying a new elective in favor o f taking a second elective in an area that they don't like because they want a gold star on a diploma. [/quote]

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