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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My middle schooler has a lot of rote work in subjects like biology—she can name muscles and bones I’ve never heard of!  It’s pretty intense.  But I’m hoping this gives her a strong foundation to grasp higher-level material as she gets older.  She also now knows things like geography, which involves a lot of rote learning but frankly is helpful in life.

There are math problem sets almost every night.  (They’re no big deal if your child excels in math; onerous though if math is not a natural strength.)

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Practicing biologist and physician here:
Memorizing stuff is the bane of elementary and secondary science.  Who cares about learning the names of bones and muscles?  If that crowds out real learning of biological concepts that’s a reason not to go there.[/quote]

I posted the above and wrote nothing about “crowding out real learning of biological concepts.”  Anyway, I’m 100% certain that my child is learning more science at Basis than at any other school available to us.  Frankly, what she’s learning is impressive.  But if you want to send your kid to our IB go for it![/quote]

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