- International acceptability allows flexibility.
- Approach to education is not encyclopedic: emphasis is on helping students to learn how to learn and how to analyze.
- Educates the “whole” person.
- Encourages students to appreciate cultures and attitudes other than their own
- To inform students to be informed, tolerant, and willing to communicate with others
- Provides a broad general education in all accelerated courses
IB Student Persona
Attitude and Skills of a Successful IB Canidate
- An eagerness to learn.
- Efficient time management. (I.e. use of planner, calendar or journal, prompt submission of work, good use of non-scheduled periods).
- Note-taking as a habit (an organized and structured folder with assignments, past papers and handouts into which the student makes daily notes during class discussions).
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Good preparation for lessons: bringing to class and being prepared to use both ideas and materials – notes, textbooks, pen, pencil, ruler, eraser, calculator.
- The ability to complete assignments on time.
- A well-considered balance between academic and social activities.
- An ability to use initiative to achieve personal understanding and to ask for help.
- The willingness to work diligently and consistently for the entire four-year program.