Ever skipped school to work on a school project?

crwire · **Posted:** March 20th, 2010, 8:12 am

I think its slightly more fair for high schools to have 90% required while IB only needs 80%, if that is true. We need to do CAS commitments (either 150 hours or 11 different commitments covering 8 learning outcomes), Extended Essay, ToK Essay, ToK Presentation. ALL on top of the requirements for a compulsory range of subjects which have many internal assessments, some subjects having more than others, while within the nearly 2 years the course lasts for.

Can't really afford to skip anything unless you like spending your weekends catching up or don't mind low grades...

A levels and most other education systems is just the subjects you do. That's it...

Fun fact: the average score of 30 points in IB is the equivalent to 3.5 A grades in A levels which is awesome.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 20th, 2010, 8:12 am

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

nope, last week I was going to have to. Somehow I finished it the night before

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** March 20th, 2010, 11:06 am

Dokter Bob wrote:

really not that unfair if you think about it, missing ~20 days of school is a lot

Blaming the parents because they can't devote the time to camp outside the school gate 9-3 every week day just to make sure there kid doesn't jump the fence is unfair.

If schools here did more than teach you how to pass an exam and gave you a bit more responsibility perhaps those kids might be more interested in sticking around.

Shwa · **Posted:** March 20th, 2010, 7:57 pm

I have cut projects really close to another class starting before, but I have never missed class to work on them. That is not to say that I skipped class because of the loss of sleep I experienced from the project. I have done that many of times.

Warren · **Posted:** March 21st, 2010, 8:14 am

Some of my nerdy friends do that but I don't understand why. Just tell the teacher where you are at and why you are not done and ask for an extension :S And with the Ottawa school board's rules, they can't say NOO YOU FAIL anyways since due dates are not allowed by the school board. It is also illegal for students to go on boats on school trips by the boards rules. **** THE SCHOOL BOARD **** US OUT OF THE CANAL TOUR OF AMSTERDAM.

ryan1 · **Posted:** March 22nd, 2010, 12:56 am

In high school, I would skip classes all the time in order to finish projects that I had put off until the last minute. The classes were easy enough to make up. In college, however, it is much harder to make up a missed class, and I generally just do my homework on time so I don't have to miss any class.

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