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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the real value of completing the IB diploma for the senior who has already gotten into college, if the student doesn’t care about trying to get college credit? I can imagine an advantage to the school and program, but what benefit does the kid going to HYPS get? Imagine a responsible kid who has followed through on lots of things and long term goals in his life, so the abstract benefit of completing something is not so important.[/quote]

There's something known as the "love of learning" that appears to be lost on you.

I'm sorry if following through is a foreign concept to you as well.

pathetic[/quote]

DP.

One can passionately love learning without finishing a program of study. I left my doctoral program because at that particular time, I had to choose between producing my dissertation or a second child. I went for the second child and have never regretted it. My love of learning didn’t evaporate or diminish. I’ve continued taking courses and attending seminars. I spend a lot of my free time and disposable income on learning. I just didn’t finish that formal program of study.

I can see a smart senior making a rational decision to reduce their workload by one paper or one exam in order to savor being 17 or 18 in spring. A friend had DDs go through both Blair’s CAP and RIMB. They said they didn’t enjoy senior rites of passage because of the pressure.[/quote]

While an 18 yo may be "legal" and somewhat mature, when we allow seniors to coast simply b/c they've been accepted into a college, we tell them that learning is NOT important.

DP IB is a program.  If you sign on, you need to fulfill your obligation to YOURSELF.  Academic stamina doesn't die in 12th grade.  In fact, it should be much stronger.

senior rite of passage?  lol - Tell that to a college senior.  What is his/her rite of passage?

This is a ridiculous discussion - and one I've had to handle with kids and parents.   How about this?  Learning doesn't stop.  Should teachers of seniors give up at the end, too, b/c of this "senior rite of passage?"

See how that works? [/quote]

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