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The fact of the matter is...someone bundled up a bunch of bullshit, put it into a program, called it IB, and sold it to the US. It's a money making scheme just like anything else. Having taught for years in a Middle School with an MYP program, I can tell you it's all crap up to a certain point. Everything we were ever trained on was stuff we were already doing. They just gave it a name and said "hey! That's MYP!" Uh, well, yes...I was doing that for free but now you're paying to label it MYP.

IB is only significant when it comes to high school and they provide higher level classes much like AP. Theoretically you'd get a bunch of kids going for this AMAAAAAZING full IB diploma. But when I left my last school two years ago, the highest number I had ever heard up to that point in regards to how many students graduate with a full IB diploma was 54. No one goes for the full diploma. People in IB schools take IB classes b/c they consider them equivalent to AP. That may very well be but...

If IB classes (outside of the full IB diploma) are identical to AP, then why the hell are we spending money on the IB program when we could just stick with AP?
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--Another IB teacher[/quote]

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