Toffu-san Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 How can you want to get rid of ToK? It's a really good subject!I personally think that it depend exclusively on the theacher that you have. I have had three different teachers and with one of them I thought that ToK could be a good subject but with the others two teachers Related to the topic, If I could, I will change the word limit in the EE. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermine0817 Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I personally think that it depend exclusively on the theacher that you have. I have had three different teachers and with one of them I thought that ToK could be a good subject but with the others two teachers Related to the topic, If I could, I will change the word limit in the EE.Haha, our TOK teacher is awesome. Did IB himself, and got 45 points plus 6 for the seventh subject.Agree with the word limit in the EE though. Something around 10000 or 8000 I would say... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashika Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Jeez, why do you people hate on CAS so much.That's what makes us well rounded citizens DUH!Maybe remove the paperwork surrounding it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I personally think that it depend exclusively on the theacher that you have. I have had three different teachers and with one of them I thought that ToK could be a good subject but with the others two teachers Well, my teacher is really good, he teaches other teacher in ToK as well. He said that he wrote about half of the subject guide for ToK, but I'm not sure that he was being serious. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steam.rice.sally Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 my EE, TOK paper, and both World Lit papers are ALL due on the same day. lol. i say to get rid of them now!=] Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clare.is.rice Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Generally give more flexibility in the choice of subjects make CAS requirement only that you prove you've done the hours by getting the supervisers signature rather than having to reflect on what you have done.get rid of tok Stop grading in proportion to the rest of the world, I don't see why someone has to get a 3 so I can get a 7.....if only we could change IB Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJ:) Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I would practically change the whole thing Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 LET ME TAKE TWO ARTS FOR THE IB. I was born too early...the next year get to choose two arts. It's so unfair! That's what I would change for my year though it's obviously too late.I'd change the Physics course a lot. The IA criteria is really crappy and way too general. And those damn multiple-choice questions...why are they trying to catch us out?And maybe so much paperwork for CAS...though I've done it all now Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMADA Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 CAS is not that bad what ur judging it! In the end its what makes us different about other educations systems. but less paper work pleaseTOK should be 50% essay 50% presentationA1 subjects should have less literature and more oral examinationsMATHS should be changed. IA should be worth 30+%UNIS should lower their conditions for IBersanyway we all the IB, but please god extend our day to 30h, got no time to sleep Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greaterthaninfinity Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Remove the rigid language components. Two languages is too much. It's a bit ironic for me to say this because English and French are fairly decent marks on my report card BUT. I find the time devoted to learning languages wasted, because honestly - writing bullcrap analysis has no function in the real world. Sure, some people might want to pursue this; let them. But don't impose these restrictions on other people who want to go into fields of math and science where identifying metaphors and explaining their usage is completely irrelevant. I guess what I'm trying to say is - IB shouldn't try to force everyone to fit the "mold". Some people are just better off pursuing their interests to be well-lopsided as opposed to well-rounded. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarz Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I'd remove HL history paper 3 or make it easier... It scares me... a lot... I had to take history HL because I didn't want math. Now I have to read so much history just because I was too lazy to think Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 writing bullcrap analysis has no function in the real world.Actually, it does. Being able to construct a good argument is handy in any profession. If you dislike how the IB makes you "well rounded", don't take it. You can pick and choose your subjects in AP and A-level, if I'm not mistaken. Alternatively, you could always take extracurricular courses outside of school. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siren Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I don't think CAS is all that bad. But the forms are just horrible. Wish we could have the new forms with ticky boxes instead of the same question four times... And make IAs count for more, because I'm have a feeling that I'm seriously going to screw up exams. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Get rid of CAS entirely. I don't know about everybody else, but I was doing all that CAS stuff anyway! It's just now I have a mental load of paperwork to do and loads of signatures to get from grudging old ladies in charity shops who spend an hour of your spare time cross checking every single date you ever gave them. Everybody knows that reflections are more or less exceedingly hopeful creative writing, anyway! I mean, if we get something out of it, surely we realise? I've genuinely got a lot out of the activities I do anyway, but thinking of new and inventive ways in which playing the violin has benefitted the community is kind-of hard (and not exactly useful, constructive or anything much at all).Also make Theory of Knowledge optional. I'd say ban it, but for some reason some people here appear to like it! TOK should win some kind of award for beating CAS in terms of bureaucratic win, and not because of the paperwork, but simply because of the HOURS of time which have to be spent on something which isn't really anything. What is knowledge? Oh look, we can't define it, splendid. Let me spend a year and a half studying the fact that we may or may not be able to have objective knowledge in art, may or may not construct our thoughts about how we learn things dependent on what position we feel like arguing from and at the end sit and write an essay to reflect upon the fact that we may or may not have achieved anything. Where are the benefits in that? It's just kind-of boring and pretttttyy tedious to sit through.SPREAD OUT THE DEADLINES.Making everything due in in March is just evil. Especially because some schools are incapable of having the subject staff talk to each other, so at the start of March they're all simultaneously like "ok, coursework time, you have a fortnight!" .... "Yes well the other subjects should have done theirs earlier, we're doing OURS now." There are many positives to it all being in for the end of March but they need to understand that the institutions charged with dispensing the IB don't have the first clue about organisation ]:Make Maths easier. How can totally doss subjects at SL possibly compare with living hell at SL? More to the point, how are we meant to cover that much stuff in a year and a bit?! There is a certain sadistic cruelty in compulsory mathematics. A1 languages are exceeeeeedingly easy at both SL and HL, so why do their compulsory counterparts have to be like poking yourself in the eye with a fork? There's a huge amount of disparity in difficulty levels for IB subjects and maths and english (or equivalent) surely demonstrate the epitome of this situation!Other than those things, I really like the IB. I don't mind how much is coursework/exam, that's not a big deal, and similarly however long the EE is is also fine with me. Word cutting and creating isn't a big deal when stuck in perspective against stuff like a hundred hours of TOK! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBdoc Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Get rid of CAS, TOK (PLEASE!!), IOP and World Lit.If I had to choose one, I would definitely choose TOK because it is annoying and pointless. I think that it has no benefit... To me at least. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Yes, get rid of CAS paperwork!! Or make them so that they're "checkmark boxable".Whoever hates paperwork, say AYE! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanz Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 REMOVE TOK !! and its stupid essay we have to do in two months! remove EE!! and also, change curves for A1 subjects !! o o !! and no IAs for Biology and Chemistry Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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