Chelleee Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 just you o-Oalthough the other IB school in brisbane (QLD, aust) has something called "extended essay days" where they meet up at one of our local universities to access their resources and to obviously work on their ee's. but its not compulsory~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBStuck Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 just you o-Oalthough the other IB school in brisbane (QLD, aust) has something called "extended essay days" where they meet up at one of our local universities to access their resources and to obviously work on their ee's. but its not compulsory~we had to do that. it was three weeks (5 days a week for 3 to 4 hours a day) and 50USD per student and we went to 2 differnt universities for work. most people finished their essay by the end of it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesire_Cat Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 We do too for Computer Science. We come into school sometimes from 11 to 4, but the school can't make it mandatory, so it's not that bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capa Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 It's not mandatory here either, but they say we will be really lost if we dont attend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge123 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 I'm only in IB1, so no official extra classes for me (although I've had to go to work on some labs after school for chemistry). The year 2 students, however, have some classes after school, usually for History but also for Math SL this year. Not mandatory, but recommended, definitely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aether Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Not only you... I know about IB students taking extra math lessons for exams.. not in saturdays however. If you are tired imagine IB+ 12 hours of night guards in ambulance every week. I wonder if I'm going to make it to the end of the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capa Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Wow Merit Cullen, I don't know anythng about how you do at shcool but I seriously would reccommend less work outside of school. You will get fnished in May, then you will have lots of time to work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
australiANgel Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 hey,i dont know about weekends, we dont do that, but our school is meant to go from 8.30 to 3.30 but it is expected that you stay until about 5 or 6pm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBdoc Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) We get extra classes in the summer! Which is worse because IB students are the only ones at school. Plus we start a month earlier than everyone else!! Edited January 31, 2009 by IBdoc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aether Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Wow Merit Cullen, I don't know anythng about how you do at shcool but I seriously would reccommend less work outside of school. You will get fnished in May, then you will have lots of time to work I am the highest average of my generation, so I guess I am doing descently well with all of it.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saritaoel Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 this is normal! Sometimes, in my school, if we haven't finished talking about a certain topic or we haven't completed lab hours, or just plain and simply have too much work to be able to finish it in the school day, students may come back during the weekend or stay after school in order to do any of those things. I guess it depends on the teacher and the school if there are enough hours during the class period for things to be covered in an extensive manner. All in all, its completely ok. Its annoying , but I guess its a requirement good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereoisomer Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 We have a maths clinic from 3:20 - 5:00 on Weds for anyone needing help. There are extra tutorials near exam time.But other than that we don't have extra lessons on a regular basis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiFruit Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Our school needs more classes after school, our chinese teacher will be doing classes after class this year. yay! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereoisomer Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Really?!?!?!ahhextra chinese:[ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermine0817 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Wow... I wonder how you are surviving.... We have school from 8 to 4pm (and occasionally 5pm) but no weekend lessons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capa Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I am the highest average of my generation, so I guess I am doing descently well with all of it.. Haha, that explains it, I would never be able to do that though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest syrianstar Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 No, it's not just you.Our school is very behind with the Internal Assessment labs for Biology and Chemistry. By behind, I mean that we have literally not even completed 10 hours of lab for BOTH subjects together! Therefore from now on we are expected to come into school on the weekends in order to catch up with our lab experiments, until 15 March when everything is due. We also have to come into school on Saturdays to have our Oral exams. Frankly, I hate the fact that we have to give up our weekends. Our teachers already give us work during the week that keeps up until 2:00am every night and it's so unfair that they are taking our weekends when they've already taken our sleep too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
supbhang Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 No, it's not just you. The situation at my school is completely different. I have all the IB classes additionally to the classes for my "normal" German Abitur diploma. Therefore, IB students have a lot more to do than those who do "only" the German Abitur. However, we never had classes on weekends. The only exception will be the Oral Assessments! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelleee Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 we had to do that. it was three weeks (5 days a week for 3 to 4 hours a day) and 50USD per student and we went to 2 differnt universities for work.sorry for the super late reply,and wow, it sounds like a pain but i guess the fact that you finished your essay makes it worthwhile. our ee teacher is beyond pathetic, she doesn't do anything but sit there and whinge about how far behind we are. really helpful >_______>;but i wish that they offered that here, oh well i'll keep dreaming~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sternchen* Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Our history teacher suggested that we do extra lesson on weekends. But nobody wants to spend the weekend at school So we do them on Friday (3-4/5pm), but we dont have to go. Math HL students do extra lessons before school starts, at like 7ish. In other subjects we dont do extra lessons. We finished the sylabus in biology and math studies has only one topic to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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