Too much pressure,
Too much stress,
IB kids–
Need some rest! " (new!)
Samantha Lewis
Class of 2005
Bartow High School
Florida
…said during preparation for a high school pep rally.
"A student can work from sun to sun, but an IB student’s work is never done." (new!)
Iselin L. Brente
Nesbru Videregaaende Skole
Norway
"IB tired."
Joon-Ho Im
Class of 2001
Pleasant Valley High School
Chico, California
"IB isn’t so bad once you get used to it. I no longer suffer from insanity… I enjoy every minute of it."
Kris Shrestha
Class of 2000
Eastside High School
Gainesville, Florida
"I whine, therefore IB."
IB Guidance Counselor
Fort Myers High School
Fort Myers, Florida
"It’s only 6 tests, how hard can it be to take 6 tests?"
An IB student’s little sister, age 9
Bloomfield Hills, MI
"What do you mean I don’t get CAS hours for going to the bathroom???"
Amy Simonson
International Academy
Bloomfield Hills, MI
"I live for IB. This is probably because I have forgotten about anything else I have to live for."
Christina Derr and Christina Adams
Class of 2000
Columbia River High School
Vancouver, Washington
"IB= Intelligent Bullshitters"
Ida Torum
Class of 1998
Berg High School
Oslo, Norway
"IB might be hell, but you surely do reach heaven once you are done with it!!"
Laura Salom
Class of 1998
American Community School
Cobham, England
"IB: I’m better."
P. Josselyn
Saint John High School
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
"IB DAMNED!"
Members of the class of 1998
Eastside High School
Gainesville, FL
"’Pounded to Death.’ That should be the IB motto."
Geraldine DeRuitter
Class of 1998
Mt. Rainer High School
Des Moines, Washington
… said after her math teacher declared she’d pounded box plots to death
"You’ve gotta be hella smart to be in IB, but hella dumb to stay in IB."
Won Kim
Class of 2000(?)
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento, CA
"In IB we don’t believe in miracles…we rely on them!."
Jane Therkildsen
Class of 1996
Birkeroed High School
Birkeroed, Denmark
"Everyone says that if you’re in IB you won’t have a social life. Well, I say they’re wrong. In fact, I can still find the time to go out for coffee on weeknights… with my ToK teacher."
Angela Scott
Class of 1999
Luther College High School
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
"We don’t do it because it is easy, we do it because it is hard. And what is our reward for hard work? YESSS!!! More hard work!!!!"
Raymond Gault
Econ/American History/HoA Teacher
Fort Myers High School
Fort Myers, FL
"I don’t want to be the best; I just want to be better than everyone else. That’s why I’m in IB."
Susan Eckerman
Class of 1999
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento, CA
"All work and no play makes Johnny an IB Diploma Candidate!"
Anonymous
Class of 1998
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento, CA
"IB = incredible bother"
Members of the class of 1996
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
"When someone asks me, ‘What is it like to be in IB?’ I answer, ‘How do you imagine hell?’"
Javier Gonzalez
Class of 1997
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey / Richmond High School
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico / Richmond, BC, Canada
"Getting an IB diploma is like reading War and Peace. When you finally finish, you’ve got to say it’s the greatest book you ever read, or else you feel pretty stupid afterwards."
Anonymous
Class of 1997
Stanton College Preparatory School
Jacksonville, FL
"IB is a very religious program — Everyone thinks he’s God."
Anonymous
Class of 1997
Winter Park High School
Winter Park, FL
… on the spiritual side of IB. (provided by Anne-Marie Ward)
"After some consultation and consideration
We have come to the conclusion
that IB examination is a real botheration
to the whole student nation of the present population
whose main occupation is the DAMN EDUCATION!!"
Members of the class of 1995
Kungsholmens Gymnasium
Stockholm, Sweden
… singing their school anthem.
"You guys are data bulemics. You just swallow it and then spew it out for the test. It’s disgusting."
Mrs. Lord
Teacher, IB Anthropology
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento, CA
… complimenting her IB students on their excellent test-taking skills.
"IB helps you with stress management. It throws all this stress at you and says, ‘Manage it!’ Then you have your breakdown and you get over it."
Parsa Bakhtary
Class of 1996
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento, CA
IB….hahahaha…I dunno what to say..but i have to stay….-adnin-
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