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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think this is a SLHS only problem re: bad advice on IB program course sequencing.

We’re at Robinson and with my oldest it was not made clear that the FL requirement was 5 years of the same language (yeah now I understand why and it seems dumb in hindsight but she was our first and I didn’t know she couldn’t just swap to a different language if she did not like the first one).

Similar problem with my second but the other direction - he had a base in one FL that we wanted him to continue making progress in so had him start it in 7th. Only at the 8th grade course selection session (for going into 9th) did I then learn that is a bad idea in IB schools because of needing to take the test only senior year so that then leaves you having to duplicate a class or have a lapse in language exposure before the test. No one explained this when 7th grade classes were being selected. I also can’t get a genuinely straight answer from the school on how much extra work the TOK and diploma route is vs just doing all the curricular classes that would otherwise be required.

So even at schools that do IB “well” the counseling for it is really lacking. [/quote]

They need to eliminate IB.  This is ridiculous with all the rules.  No flexibility at all.[/quote]

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