Thomas Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I think there are so many cool subjects out there - that I would love to take instead of the ones I take! But my school doesn't offer many, and there was quite a few restrictions on which subjects that you couldn't take if you took another one because of timetabling subjects. I would love to change English B to an ab initio language - would love to do Russian or Japanese. I would also love to do either Greek or Latin, one of the classical languages. I would also love to do music!Haha - if I were to do all the subjects I want, I would probably end up with like 10 subjects. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyD Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Philosophy and psychology. They're not offered at my school :'( Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcool Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Philosophy and psychology. They're not offered at my school :'(I would want Design & TechnologyIt would've really helped me going forth with my Engineeringooo & CixelsyD -- i got Psychology, really interestingBut not sure i would want Philosophy.. its really deep! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
winter Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 With all the subjects I *want* to take, I really may as well just do the whole thing twice. History, Economics, Physics, Spanish or Russian, Math HL... or even SL. French A1 or English again with a new set of texts. Look at that - a second diploma for me! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 With all the subjects I *want* to take, I really may as well just do the whole thing twice. History, Economics, Physics, Spanish or Russian, Math HL... or even SL. French A1 or English again with a new set of texts. Look at that - a second diploma for me! You must really love IB. I thought I was bad. I'd like to take History all over again, but with different topics/choices. Like instead of Europe regional I'd like to do Asia Pacific. Oh Mandarin Ab Initio. A subject I'd really really really really love to see IB offer is Creative Writing. But unfortunately... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luami Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Here is a general list:- Math HL - Bio HL (wished that IB allows you to take 3 sciences)- Eco SL or- Psychology HLand i'm happy with the rest Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I'd actually really love to take Anthropology. But it's not a common subject. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandev Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Yeah me too ever since I heard about it I have wished that my school had it, I think psychology would be good, I would also like to do Visual Arts I almost did but, I changed to bio after my favourite art teacher retired. Another one that my school doesnt offer that I want to do is philosophy, as it is some that really interests me. I would really like to do russian ab initio, french ab initio and italian ab initio most of all russian ab initio, but my school doest offer any of them. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I would like to take introduction to publishing! but I might not be able to take it because they're going to chose names from a hat!!!! what's wrong with the first come first serve policy?! damn department of information sciences. Die. Die. Die!!!!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandev Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 what are you talking about??Another I would like to do is Latin or Ancient Greek would be very sexy. I actually know a bit of Ancient Greek. I know few words in latin. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 what are you talking about??Uni. Haha. They enrol by random picking?? That is stupid. Is this education or lottery? You are paying international fees after all...Crazy people. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIO-AQUA Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I wish I had a chance to take Philosophy, but our school does not offer it. Maybe in university, as a Minor. You know, there's a story I heard once that took place in a Philosophy class in college. It was the students' final exam, and they had to answer only one essay question. "Why did you take Philosophy?".. The students started planning and writing their arguments and so on so forth, but one student wrote three words, submitted her paper and left the building. "It's my will" - I guess Lc would know what I'm talking about, "Anna 7urra!". She got a full mark and none of the other students even got one. That is so philosophy!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterglow Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 So many but I wouldn't because it's too much anyway Italian ab inito, Japanese ab inito, Arabic ab inito (i would take it at B if I knew how to write/read...), Philosophy, Chem HL (could had taken it but didnt and its too late too change ) and many many more. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest julz_90 Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 A subject I'd really really really really love to see IB offer is Creative Writing. But unfortunately... crative writing doesn't fit into the whole idea of IB. IB is about formalities, there's no free room for creativity... actually, when my teachers explained to us how the assignments and the essays are graded, I got the feeling that structure and formal things are more important than the content itself... anyway. I wish I had history instead of geography. but we can't choose our IB subjects at our school. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 crative writing doesn't fit into the whole idea of IB. IB is about formalities, there's no free room for creativity... actually, when my teachers explained to us how the assignments and the essays are graded, I got the feeling that structure and formal things are more important than the content itself... Yes and that is one major con of IB. There is little such thing as creativity. The closest I've come to creative writing is A1 WL2 or French B essays. >< Unless you count making up CAS eval forms and BSing in TOK or other essays creative And yes, what you said about structure and formal presentation is kind of right in one way, though it kind of does vary with subjects. Still it's annoying that things are marked rigoriously to marking schemes and criteria...but then I suppose the up side of that is that there's less room for bias marking. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 You know' date=' there's a story I heard once that took place in a Philosophy class in college. It was the students' final exam, and they had to answer only one essay question. "Why did you take Philosophy?".. The students started planning and writing their arguments and so on so forth, but one student wrote three words, submitted her paper and left the building. "It's my will" - I guess Lc would know what I'm talking about, "Anna 7urra!". She got a full mark and none of the other students even got one. That is so philosophy!![/quote']It's like that question in an exam that asked 'Why?' and the answer that got full marks was 'Why not?'.What I'd like is photography and it's a pity that I didn't choose it last year, and another one would be a subject related to aviation, which I would just adore. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceisland Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I'd love to take Theatre Arts, but the teacher doesn't seem to have a clue what she's doing, and everybody from her classes gets 2's and 3's... Japanes ab initio would be neater than French B as well... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandev Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) I was just wondering what it is that attracts people to Japanese ab initio? Edited October 5, 2007 by Bandev Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I was just wondering what it is that attracts people to Japanese ab initio?I did Japanese for 9 years and to this day can not remember a word of it. I can't even imagine trying to learn it in two years. :0 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceisland Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 I was just wondering what it is that attracts people to Japanese ab initio?For me, I've always had a deep interest in Japanese history and culture so I'd enjoy learning a bit of the language as well. Where I'm from, I think it is such a foreign concept that it attracts people, as most people haven't been exposed at all to the language, unlike in bigger metropolis areas. I guess there's always the pop culture aspect of Japan as well! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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