High School Diploma

Saturday, November 12, 2005

High School Diploma or A Level

Are you a hardworking student? Do you just want to get through this part of you life without much hard work and spending a lot of time with your friends or are you a hardworking student who is willing to put in a lot of effort in studies. IB requires you to spend a lot more time on studies than A-levels.

Do you enjoy activities such as sports, community service and creative work? You have to complete at least 150 hours of CAS (Creativity Action Service) in IB, and without it you won’t get a diploma. Although taking out 3-4 hours from a week for CAS may not look like much but it is hard. We go to a village for community work and the total 5 hour transportation required is not counted in our CAS hours.

Some people fret a lot about Extended Essay but many think it’s not much. Although I have not done my extended essay. I think the most difficult part would be selecting your topic. Four thousand words of research are not much.