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How are your marks doing this semester???
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WorldWarGeneral
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Huh? What's that? I've never heard of that. (or and "IB" class for that matter) Must be something that's not around here.
In British Columbia, the levels are:
100-85.5% A
85.4-72.5% B
72.4-68.5% C+
68.4-59.5% C
59.4-49.5% C-
49.4-0% F
The thing is, our university/college system is so much different than America's.
You can't get into university without an "A" or high "B" average in provincial classes (ie- Math 12, Chem 12, Bio 12, Physics 12) PLUS a second language. In America, you need rich parents to get into college/university.
My cousin had a 70% average and got into Florida Atlantic University [she is American, not international]. How is that? That's a joke. If she were in Canada, she'd be laughed out of the administration office.
100-85.5% A
85.4-72.5% B
72.4-68.5% C+
68.4-59.5% C
59.4-49.5% C-
49.4-0% F
The thing is, our university/college system is so much different than America's.
You can't get into university without an "A" or high "B" average in provincial classes (ie- Math 12, Chem 12, Bio 12, Physics 12) PLUS a second language. In America, you need rich parents to get into college/university.
My cousin had a 70% average and got into Florida Atlantic University [she is American, not international]. How is that? That's a joke. If she were in Canada, she'd be laughed out of the administration office.
You need good grades too depending on what kind of college you want to get into. If you happy going to a technical college or something then you could practically be failing and still get in. If you want to go to a decent school though, you'll have to pay around $30,000 per year and still have at least 90% or better.
Of course this still would depend on your location though.
There is no course called Socials 12. Unless you mean History 12 or Geography 12.
You don't need a higher-level socials course like History unless it's one of your provincials. I'm in History 12 and I need it to get into Associate of Arts because I need 4 provincally authorized courses.
You don't need a higher-level socials course like History unless it's one of your provincials. I'm in History 12 and I need it to get into Associate of Arts because I need 4 provincally authorized courses.
International Baccalaureate is somewhat like AP, it is higher level. Here is the website: http://www.ibo.org/
WorldWarGeneral
New Member
Oh, I see. It's in 101 countries? That is wide-spread. Too bad they don't have anything like that where I live. It looks like a really interesting program.
WorldWarGeneral
New Member
Seeing how popular it is around the world, so am I. We've got AP, but I've never heard of IB before today. Maybe they offer it in another part of the state or in another school district.
We probably don't have it because the state legislator spends most of their time coming up with more and more ridiculous standardized tests for us to take... They probably don't know what else to do though - I mean there are people in my school who square things by multiplying them by 2. Worst part is, they don't understand why its wrong. Try teaching them Algebra, Trig, Calc, etc. And most of them couldn't tell you where Gettysburg is if their life depended on it...
We probably don't have it because the state legislator spends most of their time coming up with more and more ridiculous standardized tests for us to take... They probably don't know what else to do though - I mean there are people in my school who square things by multiplying them by 2. Worst part is, they don't understand why its wrong. Try teaching them Algebra, Trig, Calc, etc. And most of them couldn't tell you where Gettysburg is if their life depended on it...
Speaking of dumb people... is it true that most american kids don't know the leaders of the Soviet Union? Or what the captiol of Poland is?
I can name all of the Russian Leaders (From Communist revolution):
Lenin
Stalin
Krucschev
Brezhnev/Kosygin
Andropov
Cherenko
Gorbachev
Yelstin
Putin
Anybody who can't name all of them probably is lacking history. I have strong points in history, geography and economics. I can probably answer any question you ask me about a country in the world and give a little bit of its history.
I can name all of the Russian Leaders (From Communist revolution):
Lenin
Stalin
Krucschev
Brezhnev/Kosygin
Andropov
Cherenko
Gorbachev
Yelstin
Putin
Anybody who can't name all of them probably is lacking history. I have strong points in history, geography and economics. I can probably answer any question you ask me about a country in the world and give a little bit of its history.
