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Hi, I would really like to do something useful this summer so I was thinking to go to a summer school this summer, the problem is however, i dont find any. That's why I'm asking here if anybody knows about any cool school in Europe, preferably something that has to do with humanities or social studies, and not too expensive, for less than 800 euros a week. Thanks a lot if somebody can help me with that.
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While walking around a small town near my own a friend of mine kept making comments about how my lip ring made me stand out as a city girl and that people around us will think, "Boy, that girl is trouble". So I was curious as to what inital judgement people actually have when they see body piercings of any sort. As well as if all body piercings give off the same message or do certain ones provoke stronger judgement than others. I know people always make inital judgements whether they admit it or not, so go ahead and voice these, I won't be offended as I know people make judgement on way strange things than just piercings.
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No matter what I do I can't seem to focus enough on my school work, and I end up going on sites like facebook, or I randomly start gaming at 2 A.M in the morning, even though there's still homework left... Does anyone have any tips to stop this procrastination ?
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Although I may add more colours soon, I need to decide which skin will become IB Survival's new default design. Please vote and let me know what you think! The skins can be changed using the bottom left dropdown menu.
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I've taken a few personality 'quizzes' before - you know, those short, informal ones you can find on Facebook or whatnot. I never really liked/agreed with them, because they often asked very obvious questions and the results never really tell you antyhing you don't know. But recently in our Career and Life Management (CALM) class, which is a localized mandatory course similar to health I suppose, we took a personality test that has an extensive amount of research behind it. It's called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - has anyone taken this test before? I found my results very enlightening and thought that the descriptions were fairly accurate. What are your opinions…
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What are some good college search websites such as CollegeBoard?
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Do you have that in your school? From 9.25-9.45am, the bell goes to signify dropping everything and reading wherever we are: in the corridors or classroom. It's preperation for World Book Day.
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Hello, I am looking for anyone connected to St. John's International School in Waterloo, Belgium (alumni, current or past students). I attended the PYP program there before moving out of Belgium. Since I don't do Facebook or any other social networking site (unless this is considered one), I am trying to find people who might be up to date on St. John's or even.. possibly... people I know. Please respond if you have been a student there! Update: I have renewed contact with my former piano teacher from those years, who is now teaching IB music at St. Johns. Exquisite joy and heartbreak! It's just one person, but it's a start. I'm happy enough for now.
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Rest in Peace Mr. Jack, you will be missed by me and by all of your students. You taught us about life and that is way more important than teaching alone could have ever done for us. He may have been judged often times for his size, but the only thing that should ever have been judged was his size of heart. He was a great person who was always compassionate and caring. He was not only a teacher, he was also a coach, entrepreneur, philanthropist, friend and member of our family. You have inspired so many of us to be who we are and it was through you that we have become who you are. Thanks for being my teacher for so many years along with my coach and teacher of life. You …
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hey guys anybody likes to play ten-pin bowling? how often do you play? did you ever join competitions or something? I myself don't play bowling but I play the bowling computer games I have a few questions for bowlers: you know the surface on which you roll the bowling ball.. is that smooth and flat? like 100% flat? not slanted to any direction at all? (because even 1° makes a difference ) once you roll the ball, does it roll in a straight line? or does it roll towards the sides of the alley? if the surface is flat, the ball is supposed to roll in a straight line, right? did it ever happen to you that your bowling ball has touched a pin but the pin does not fall? like m…
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YO~! I need some advices and the likes for the IB so can be properly aware of the things that needs to be done and to do and such. I would also appreciate if it were from your experience as well. Since I only seem to be motivated by doing school work and not by revising, and I seem to be intoxicated every weekend by just gluing my face to my laptops screen. Plus, this would also benefit others who are new to this IB course if ever they come across this topic.discussion. Many thanks in advance~!!!
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So, I'm a junior right now and I got the letter to join NHS. In fact, everyone I know got the letter to join. I asked around and wondered, "Well, what does NHS do?" People replied, "Oh yeah, it's a great program. You have to get service hours signed...blah blah blah....looks good on college application." Well ok, I thought. I guess I'll join. But then I thought again. I'm already doing service hours for IB, aren't I? And the counselors have been really vague on whether or not CAS and NHS hours can overlap, so why do it? Does it really look that great on college application if everyone in my class is in it? If that's the case, then it's not very selective. The lowest grade…
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Hi all, There's about one month left before the finals: how did/do you stay motivated studying for the finals? I'm a big sufferer of apathy, a big procrastinator and a big youtube binger. Obviously I'm not asking for your direct motivation (is that possible over the internet somehow?) but some tips would be very well appreciated.
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IB Physics or IB Biology?
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I have a chose of either next year but I don't now what to do, can someone please give some pros and cons of each class, I also don't know what career I'm going to take in the future so I don't know which would be more beneficial. help?
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Mental Photography
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Hey guys, so i came across a program which states that instead of reading you "mentally photograph" a book at 25,000+ words per minute. This system/module is called ZOX pro.. anyone else hear heard of it? It's basically having a photographic memory on drugs!
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Everyone has at least one but sometimes IB gets in the way. So what is your favorite TV show(s)? Mine are Criminal Minds, NCIS and CSI
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One thing that IB makes you realize is how you really miss childhood. So the question is: What is your favorite childhood memory? Mine is the whole year of Pre-K. So easy back then
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Through random conversations, someone said this to me: And I paused a while to think.. This is brilliant.. If I discovered an element, what would I name it? Looking at table 4 in the Chemistry Data Booklet, I thought I'd name it Internationalus Baccalaureatium. Why? Because I think that the school year that I have enjoyed the most is my IB1 year.. Despite of the amount of workloads and the pain of IB, I enjoy being on this forum and helping people around. I wouldn't be here if I didn't take IB. I like IB albeit it gets on my nerves. Thus I would like to name that element after IB and if I got to discover another one I'd name it Deskrium So I thought I'd ask you guys wh…
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Have You heard about Bahrain's Unrest
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Has anyone heard of, whats going o in my country? An outdated king has know bit more than he can chew, and killed to many peaceful protesters. WTF is going on... Ask Questions and raise awareness using this thread.
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Hey! I have been looking for a site that has a free audio book for Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits. I can't even find a place where they sell one. I even tried to find PDFs but I've had no luck. Anyone have any ideas?
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What is the most weirdest, strangest or most stupid thing you've ever done whilst studying? I've drunk 4 litres of pepsi a day for 2 weeks and boy did my acne come back with a vengence. bet no one can out do this.
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hey people, happy new years. just wondering what is your new years resolution? Mine: FINISH IB with great marks stay with my boyfriend strong as ever, and for a long time go to Hult international go to New York this summer DRIVE what is yours?
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What specific song do you listen to when you're all down and desperate and need to get motivated to start some hardcore studying (again)? Something that gets you motivated no matter what, even if it's 5 in the morning and you have a History Internal Assessment due 3 hours later. Mine would probably be Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, or All Star by Smashmouth. They're just so upbeat...
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you pick a career for me: I'm not good at working in a team I'm good at keeping up with emails and cross referencing people who need to know about these emails. I'm good at preaching, and am very cocky. I'm slightly good at volleyball, but too fat to improve anymore. I like food I'm good at making food I'm good at not caring about making friends when there's business to be done! I'm bad at people hating me because I did something wrong... I like cake. right now someone pick a career for Elsa!
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So, I'm taking IB nov 2011 test which is late this year, but i'm moving interstate...... i want to finish my IBDP program, but i'm not sure if i can. I take english a1 hl maths sl chem hl bio hl french ab initio sl psych sl (i anticipated this so i finished last year) if i move to a different school, i would have to study new texts for english... does anyone know if i can still use my normal world lit, iop and such?
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Do you have a teacher you just hate? 1 2
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Now I know teaching is a very respectable position and deserves much respect, but there have been some teachers in my school years that have just blown me away by their stupidity. My chemistry taecher is barely qualified to be a teacher. for example: She gave us a homework assignment that non of us understood and she was to lazy to explain it and just gave us all the answers, then she gave us a test and we all failed miserably and she said it was our fault for not being dedicated students, mind you this is an IB teacher and I was in dismay at how she taught our class. I like all my other teachers though and have never had problems with any other teachers at my school. Hav…
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http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd_intl.html I actually bothered to look into program a little, and it looks interesting. I wonder where they got the idea of the program from? If I wasn't in IB I would love to try this out. (not that I'm saying that I don't want to be in IB.)
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So, many people know that some... thing (an asteroid perhaps) will finally be in between us and the sun on December XX, 2012, after a lengthy (3 million year) orbit. It's believed that it is so large, that it will completely block out the sun for several weeks, and freeze us over. What's your take on this? I personally think it's a load of tosh... After all, people thought that the world would end on January 1, 2000... And besides, by 2012, The world will probably find a way to destroy, or shift the asteroid before it's able to block out the sun. Either that, or it could be smaller than we think it is... I also realize Mr. 692287002 has a lot to say... Don't you Tyler?
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Okay, I guess this mostly applies to Americans and Canadians, but how many of you guys are having a snow day right now? It hasn't really been snowing, but we have a lot of ice, so the roads are dangerous and we haven't had school for the past three days !!!! I've actually been getting ahead on my IB work while managing to relax at the same time! I'm not sure if we have school tomorrow or not, but we'll see. How about you guys?
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How many of you can still remember the nursery rhymes you used to sing when you were little (or even now, no harm in that) my favorite is: Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Oh wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king? The king was in his counting house counting out his money, The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes, When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose! whats your favorite??
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Life is Beautiful - Sharing stories of hope, motivation, and inspiration to remember the beauty of life. Admist all the stress, and sadness, frustrations of IB, let's remember the beauty of life, and share funny, motivational, uplifting, moving, changing, stories that has helped you become a better, and stronger person. ( : Do you feel as if you've lost touch with the earth? Need to get away to a different world? Have you smelt the flowers? Share your thoughts. Split the sadness and frustrations, share the happiness and joy. Share revelations, and the mysteries of happiness in this world.
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Hai ;D just wondering if theres any of you lot living in stockholm. would be fun talking to other Ib students round ere, is all.
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Okay so this will probably be a dead topic, since I think not many of you here are tech sort of person..but I need help. Okay so my laptop is going insane, there is so much wrong with it. I cannot delete/rename/move or do anything to any file..it's driving me insane. When I open the folder..the bar at the top..that loads with green, just doesn't load. It reaches the end and stops and I think this is what's stopping me from doing anything. I have tried that "take ownership thing" and it didn't work. I have the latest virus def update and I scanned, and it's still insane. I don't know if they're related, but my internet connection speed went down so sharply. I was able to…
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Hey everyone! This past summer, my family moved to Dubai from Karachi, because of my dad's work. Here, I took admission at a school and started the IB DP. However, I went to school from September, to the end of November, after which I left school. I know it sounds weird and surprising that I left school, but I had a valid reason. Right from my first day at school, I hated it. I was unable to make friends, I was lonely and extremely depressed, and I felt like I wouldn't be able to tolerate the misery for two long years. The environment of the school was horrible, and people didn't talk to you unless they thought you were cool. Socially, I was unable to integrate, and after…
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What is the best time to be on this website? When are there the most users? I'm talking in terms of GMT. Alternatively, what times generally do you use/are on this website? Thanks!!
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hi, I am an athiest, that said I am open to all religions and their teachings just cannot place myself in one. I happen to be dating a muslim guy and I am perfectly fine with his religion and love how genuine he is. I am making an effort to understand the religion more as I know it is a big part of his life and being with him for 2 years want to properly 'get it'. SO please let me know, especially if you are a girl, the pros and cons you think to being a muslim, or dating a muslim guy. No judging, just thoughts Thank you
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Hello, I was wondering whether anyone could help me choosing a laptop. I am really keen on Lenovos with the old IBM look. Not too expensive - not above $900. I would also like it portable and having a long battery life. Any help appreciated, Matt
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I was accepted to the Pre-IB program at BAyview Second but there are so many paperworks to fill out, one of them is the transfer form that im not sure about...who have to sign it? When will it be due? Why do i have to sign a transfer form when they have already accepted me? what other paperworks are waiting for me? How scary is IB?
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At the risk of rendering thousands of posts redundant, ladies and gents, I present to you: LMGTFY Go crazy!
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Next year, my county decided to change all of the High Schools to block scheduling. The way my school is going to do this is have "A Days" and "B Days" or something like that, with 3 classes in each "day" and one class that is included in both A and B days. The classes are going to be around 90-100 minutes long, instead of the normal 45-50 minutes. Does anyone have any experience with this type of schedule? If you do, what study/work habits did you create to adapt to this schedule?
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I need to complete assigned by my teacher. As with many readings, there will be words that are unknown to me. I can still understand the story but how should i deal with words that I don't understand? Would it better to search up the definition on the spot or to list the words down and search them up after? Thanks
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The IBO contacted me regarding the use of their logo. I have assured them that I will be changing the logo in the next couple of days due to intellectual property reasons. If any of you have any creative ideas regarding a new logo, please do not hesitate to let me know .
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ok this is simple. everyone has dreams, so by 10 years from now, hopefully you would have graduated university and started working. where would you see yourself by then? behind a desk? in the hospital working? teaching a class? you name it and explain why do think you'll be there? for me... i guess am going to graduate in 3 years, and then get my masters degree. at the same time,i started working in my dad's company 2 years ago, and then hopefully by the time i finish university, i'll take up a high position. i've always wanted to work there.. and since my dad was sad that none of his sons want the company, he's got me. ya am a girl, but i guess i've always wanted to be …
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Where Are You? 1 2
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Where are you from? I'm always curious. Personally all this Year 13 stuff screws me up. I'm from Alberta, Canada Last year of IB.
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What's your favourite internet browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari etc.) and why? Post by: MahutaNote: There was another topic about the same topic so the two were merged into this one, just so you guys don't get confused.
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IB pastpaper 2010
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heey all does anyone know where can i find IB pastpapers 2010 .. i've searched everywhere .. & i desperately need those papers .. please help
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Hey, I was wondering (out of random curiosity) do we have any bloggers on here? If so share your blog url so that we can all take a look at it. My blog url is in my sig, so take a look at it. ^__^
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You know you've had one. Any language student will be able to clearly remember that one time so detrimental to their reputation and recall it with ease. At least though, we can laugh In french one time.. we were reading out loud to the class a passage in french, one person at a time. When it was my turn, I came across a word I had never seen before 'dehors', meaning in this context 'outside'. Not wanting to stop and ask what it meant, I took a shot at it. Now, normally, this would be pronounced 'dor'.. quite simple, but how did I do it? 'da-*****' As soon as I said it I realised haha.. but at least the rest of the class thought it was funny, my teacher will never treat …
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Hi. It´s summer for me as I live in Australia. I post this topic here because no one in yahoo answers has the brain to read this, and I know that you guys that are IBers will critically examine my problem and give me the best solutions Here it goes Right now it´s summer and my friends won´t call me and I feel betrayed by them. I have 5 friends that don´t belong to the same group of friends, and each friend has a bigger group of friends, that are just old school aqcuaintances. For example a friend X always calls other friends and never me! he is so competitive and jealous. The other friend Y just calls me on some afternoons when he´s bored, but never at night to go out, c…
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What video games do you like? Is there any specific reason? Do you find time to play them as an IB student? I personally love the Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy series. They're both just so well-made! From plot to even the music, it's all just so breathtaking. They're always a main source of inspiration to me, and I sometimes get so obsessed to the point I analyze the plots bit by bit. And I love the gameplay, of course, haha. I usually cram 48 hours straight on weekends/vacations to beat the games, although I eventually get tired as they end up taking 60+ hours, so I sleep and continue for another 2 days after 14 hours of sleep.
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