OMFG I’M DONE IB!
// May 21st, 2008 // Academic, Personal, Quotables
These are the words I never thought I would get to say.
As of 11 AM this morning, I am finished with the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (last exam was Physics HL Paper 3).
I am now sorting through THREE years’ worth of IB related papers, chucking most out, chuckling at a few.
Our TOK teacher warned us how anti-climactic IB could be, the moment we’ve all been waiting for tends to come without satisfaction, but rather, with emptiness. While waiting for my Career Prep teacher for some final form signatures today, I had nice chats with people I’ve come to known in the past few years but never REALLY got to know. One of them wailed to me, “I’VE BEEN SO BORED SINCE MY LAST EXAM, sitting in front of the TV watching reruns of reruns, trying to figure out what I used to like to do!” See the thing with IB is, the work never ever ends until the program is finished. For the past three years we’ve become accustomed to having fun by procrastinating - the mere avoidance of work. But at the back of our heads, we always knew that there is some IB assignment to start, IB essay to hand in, IB oral commentary to prepare for.
As much as we hated it, it was hard not to let this Program, this community, take over our lives. In a few years time, or even months… I’m pretty sure I’m gonna look back and happily reminisce how, hmm what’s the word, “fulfilling” IB was. Now the familiarity of daily cramming, late night rants, and tear-stained essays have all but vanished without a trace, I feel like I’m starting another life.
There are no better friends than the ones you make while you are suffering together.
Let the new journey begin.
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Congratulations!
(Except excessive use of exclamation points).
Congrats! You’re done with Monotony!
Seriously, though, that’s pretty awesome!! It does take over lives, but deep inside, we know it’s worth it. Somehow.
It also feels like it would be forever, this IB journey. But it, too, comes to an end. (Shock!).
Do you feel like the past few years have been a “fulfilling” journey?
This is a worthless program run by communist bureuacrats of UNESCO. How many students will be fooled before it stops?
Congratulations on completing the program Crystal:)
Congratulations on completing the program!
Congratulations on completing your IB!
“There are no better friends than the ones you make while you are suffering together.”
-I completely agree! :biggrin:
@ IB Student - Only time can tell :tongue:
Congratulations!
CONGRATS, CRYSTAL!! I’m proud of you, I know how demanding it is to be in IB. Imagine all the hard work that has paid off. :cute:
Congratulations! I wish I could say that I’ve forgot the trials and tribulations of AP classes, but I haven’t.
Wow, congrats! I’m sure college is going to give you enough to be busy with, so it’s not like you are going to be bored with nothing from now to… forever XD
Ok, I think I’m not helping with the celebration.
*throws confetti* - is that better?
i once dated a guy in IB… he was no fun, and very awkward. congrats on surviving, dont know how u guys do it.
Congratulations! I bet you are so excited to have completed the program. yay! :biggrin:
Congrats! Good luck with everything else.
Congratulations! I’ll just be over here being jealous since I have my year of doom left to complete still. Now comes your time to wait for your results. Have fun with that. The anticipation would kill me!
Congratulations, Crystal! I know you’ve been working so hard practically nonstop for the past couple years. I’m sure the experience with working so much will help you in college - I took the easiest schedule that looked hard for my senior year, and I slacked off the whole time (with some of the best grades of my life, ironically). I’ll get kicked in the rear in college, lol.
Woot!!!!!!!!!
Wow. I don’t know if it’s possible to express the absolute elation of finishing the IB.
Anyway, you survived, and I’m glad you have happy memories of the IB. Much as we all bitched about how we had no life and so much work, it is the friends and the fun that I remember. It was worth for me, and I hope it was for you, too.
x
Just a girl
Also, when do you find out your marks? July?
@ Just a Girl - July 15th, they gave us a card with our pin and stuff, yikes, hope I haven’t lost it!