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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 16:40 and I too am interested in hearing why 15:31/16:11 chose RM over Einstein given her little finger wagging in 16:11.

[b]But I have to say, IB is not be definition harder than doing 9-10 APs at Whitman or Churchill.[/b] There have been other threads on this. For one thing, kids take AP tests starting sophomore year, which is more pressure than tge IB test at the end of senior year when all the college decisions have been made.

But most of all, I'm curious why 15:31 is throwing flames on a thread I hoped had died, that deserves to die![/quote]

I have to disagree, PP.  How much do you know about IB?  It's very rigorous.  Most 9th and 10th graders who take AP classes do it b/c they're "encouraged" to sign up.  Most scores are abysmal, as they [b]just don't have the abstract skills to be able to handle that level of critical thinking[/b].  (not all, as there are always exceptions)

IB is a two-year program that begins in grade 11. It very much like earning a liberal arts degree.

very different philosophies

So please don't [b]make assumptions based on what you've heard. [/b] I'd suggest you talk to students in the program and to teachers trained in IB before you[b] make false statements.[/b][/quote]

Aaccck. I want this thread to die down too. But this nonsense can't be left out there without some factual corrections. (Worse, I'm guessing you're IB mom with a bone and an attitude, given your completely unnecessarily nasty swipes about me knowing nothing, "making up assumptions" and "false statements" from thin air. Interacting with you sort of gives me the creeps, but that's neither here nor there.)

Please don't make your own false assumptions, that I know nothing about IB.  We actually went to two area MoCo IB program open houses, and in the end turned them down.  We know LOTS of kids in the RM program. Meanwhile, my kid has taken 5 AP classes so far, and has received 5's in the two for which DC has received scores (more AP scores due next week). It's a TON of work.

You are impugning AP students completely unfairly when you make statements in bold above, like, "they are just encouraged to sign up" and that they "end up with abysmal scores" because, you apparently think, AP kids are slackers or something. In fact, your statement that they "don't have the abstract skills to handle that level of critical thinking" actually undermines your whole argument that AP is "less" rigorous than IB.

BOTH IB and AP programs are rigorous. Your slap at AP students, and presumed sense of superiority about IB, makes you look unreasonable.[/quote]

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