The reason is very simple: IB courses.
The Innovation Academy is the complete opposite of what the IB represents. In the IA we learn by creating projects and doing fieldwork, while in the IB you learn the theory in the old and conventional way.
For the past two weeks I have been doing my internship. For that reason, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday’s I have been waking up happy and full of emotion, but the same thing cant be said about Tuesdays and Fridays.
Those two dreadful days represent everything that in my opinion should be different about school. When I get to school at 7:30 knowing I have IB classes I feel sick. There is nothing about going to Spanish class or ESS that motivates me to learn.
I don’t want to be a scientist or a writer when I grow up, so why do I need to take those classes? Each time I ask that question the same answer comes up from my peers “don’t take Spanish, take Business”. However, because the OPP curriculum declares it mandatory I need to take it.
I want an OPP diploma after all.
Why is it that being 1 year shy of applying to university and being legal in my country I have no choice in what classes to take? I would rather take a business course instead of science.
Nevertheless, IB won’t allow me.
Each time I go to my IB courses the same thing happens, I make lame excuses to go the bathroom and miss portions of class because I simply don’t like being in them.
This should be different. students should value their time in school and actually be passionate about it. Instead the IB makes us feel the same way.
In my life I have never seen someone graduate school and say they love the IB, instead they all hate it and say don’t take it. This has to change, students should graduate saying they loved their last few years at school, but instead they never want to think about those last years.
If I am someone who just takes 3 IB courses and hate it, imagine how people taking full IB certificate feels.
School should be more like the real world were people have freedom and liberties on what to work at. They should not make us like little robots that just follow orders and obey.
Expressing our feelings towards school is easy, but actually doing something to improve it, that is when it gets hard and that is why people keep doing the same thing over and over again.
However, this month in my internship I have decided that I will take everything that I learn and see how we could apply it to school.
I want to stand up and make a change. Not be another lost voice that said would achieve something but got lost in the way.
I want to make future generations enjoy everyday of the week as I do in the IA without the fear of not getting accepted to University or having the fear of rejection by their peers.
My goal is to find a way to make our school as close as possible to the real world so that way we students graduate being ready to challenge our world, not be scared of it.
For the past two weeks I have been doing my internship. For that reason, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday’s I have been waking up happy and full of emotion, but the same thing cant be said about Tuesdays and Fridays.
Those two dreadful days represent everything that in my opinion should be different about school. When I get to school at 7:30 knowing I have IB classes I feel sick. There is nothing about going to Spanish class or ESS that motivates me to learn.
I don’t want to be a scientist or a writer when I grow up, so why do I need to take those classes? Each time I ask that question the same answer comes up from my peers “don’t take Spanish, take Business”. However, because the OPP curriculum declares it mandatory I need to take it.
I want an OPP diploma after all.
Why is it that being 1 year shy of applying to university and being legal in my country I have no choice in what classes to take? I would rather take a business course instead of science.
Nevertheless, IB won’t allow me.
Each time I go to my IB courses the same thing happens, I make lame excuses to go the bathroom and miss portions of class because I simply don’t like being in them.
This should be different. students should value their time in school and actually be passionate about it. Instead the IB makes us feel the same way.
In my life I have never seen someone graduate school and say they love the IB, instead they all hate it and say don’t take it. This has to change, students should graduate saying they loved their last few years at school, but instead they never want to think about those last years.
If I am someone who just takes 3 IB courses and hate it, imagine how people taking full IB certificate feels.
School should be more like the real world were people have freedom and liberties on what to work at. They should not make us like little robots that just follow orders and obey.
Expressing our feelings towards school is easy, but actually doing something to improve it, that is when it gets hard and that is why people keep doing the same thing over and over again.
However, this month in my internship I have decided that I will take everything that I learn and see how we could apply it to school.
I want to stand up and make a change. Not be another lost voice that said would achieve something but got lost in the way.
I want to make future generations enjoy everyday of the week as I do in the IA without the fear of not getting accepted to University or having the fear of rejection by their peers.
My goal is to find a way to make our school as close as possible to the real world so that way we students graduate being ready to challenge our world, not be scared of it.