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(You can skip all of my complaining at the beginning of this and read my point near the bottom).
I've been thinking a lot about IB lately. I never have before, because I've never really understood what they mean when they say that we're taking the hardest curriculum we can possibly take in the country. In the world, actually. I understood in ninth grade that we had a lot of homework and a lot of projects, and I understood last year that we had a lot of responsibilities, but this year it's both of those things AND difficult material. Yeah, the classes have always been tough, but now they're seriously making me question whether I can handle them.
Psychology - Are they serious? I can hardly understand the book, let alone understand those insane quizzes.
History - Not really hard, but there is a TON of information to memorize, and I think when we start applying concepts and doing the whole IB thing, rather than just SOL material, it's going to get bad.
TOK - See previous post.
Biology - THIS is one of those extremely difficult ones. There's so much information, confusing information, and it's being thrown at us in a manner that doesn't help.
Spanish - I can hardly read it, let alone write in it as if I'm fluent.
English - Combine our total lack of knowledge in this subject with a teacher who expects us to be able to analyze anything she gives us, and you get a whole lot of little IB heads filled with mush.
Math - I don't get it. I never have.
And on top of all of that, we have to learn how to think, read, write, interpret, and speak in IB. I swear, it's a language.
So, the point of this post.
I will never know if this could happen...but what if I end up in a college, or in a career, or in a position in life that I could've achieved going to a regular high school? Could I have gotten myself wherever I will be ten years from now without IB? Essentially, what if this is just a waste of my time?
I know it's not really a waste of my time. I'm learning how to think for myself and I'm learning good work ethic. When I get into college, I'm going to be thankful for being used to all the work and all the papers, but I still wonder whether that's worth all the 1:00 AM nights.
Okay, so it's not all IB's fault. It's inconsiderate teachers and bad time management, as well. I'm just worn out and I need a break. Like Winter Break.
Or just winter would be nice.
I've been thinking a lot about IB lately. I never have before, because I've never really understood what they mean when they say that we're taking the hardest curriculum we can possibly take in the country. In the world, actually. I understood in ninth grade that we had a lot of homework and a lot of projects, and I understood last year that we had a lot of responsibilities, but this year it's both of those things AND difficult material. Yeah, the classes have always been tough, but now they're seriously making me question whether I can handle them.
Psychology - Are they serious? I can hardly understand the book, let alone understand those insane quizzes.
History - Not really hard, but there is a TON of information to memorize, and I think when we start applying concepts and doing the whole IB thing, rather than just SOL material, it's going to get bad.
TOK - See previous post.
Biology - THIS is one of those extremely difficult ones. There's so much information, confusing information, and it's being thrown at us in a manner that doesn't help.
Spanish - I can hardly read it, let alone write in it as if I'm fluent.
English - Combine our total lack of knowledge in this subject with a teacher who expects us to be able to analyze anything she gives us, and you get a whole lot of little IB heads filled with mush.
Math - I don't get it. I never have.
And on top of all of that, we have to learn how to think, read, write, interpret, and speak in IB. I swear, it's a language.
So, the point of this post.
I will never know if this could happen...but what if I end up in a college, or in a career, or in a position in life that I could've achieved going to a regular high school? Could I have gotten myself wherever I will be ten years from now without IB? Essentially, what if this is just a waste of my time?
I know it's not really a waste of my time. I'm learning how to think for myself and I'm learning good work ethic. When I get into college, I'm going to be thankful for being used to all the work and all the papers, but I still wonder whether that's worth all the 1:00 AM nights.
Okay, so it's not all IB's fault. It's inconsiderate teachers and bad time management, as well. I'm just worn out and I need a break. Like Winter Break.
Or just winter would be nice.