Anyone takes the IB?

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Hello =)
Does anyone do the IB program here? I am just wondering because I would say it is way better than APs because you can go in depth to do things you would like to study. I take English B, Chemistry and Biology Higher level and Thai A1, Geography and Maths methods Standard Level.

do you mean international bachelor degree?

do they offer Thai these days..? cool...

I am

Penguin lives in Norway, you fool.

Though, is there IB in Thailand too? Hmm...

IB = International Baccalaureate ; It is a program that is highschool - pre-university program (challenging two-year curriculum, primarily aimed at students aged 16 to 19. It leads to a qualification that is widely recognized by the world’s leading universities)
We take 6 subjects, one from each group (3 Higher Levels and 3 Standards Levels).
The group in this case means

Group 1. Language A1
(Your own language: In Red Cross there are Swedish A1, Norwegian A1 and Danish A1 offered with a teacher so it is a two years course, for other languages as I have said there is 85 countries represented, so we do one-year self-taught program reading 6 books do oral exams and written exam, externally examine by examiners)
Group 2. Second Language (English, Spanish, Chinese and Nynorsk are offered here...)
Group 3. Individuals and Societies (Economics, Human Rights, Geography, Philosphy...kind of thing)
Group 4. Experimental Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and E.systems)
Group 5. Mathematics and Computer Science (Maths are in different levels)
Group 6. The Arts (Theater arts and Visual arts are offered here)

We have other requirements to graduate as well

The core of the diploma program has three parts.

Extended Essay - Students write an independent research essay of 4,000 words to investigate a topic of individual interest. Students gain independent research and writing skills expected at university level. (I did an Biology EE)

Theory of Knowledge - The interdisciplinary course is designed to provide coherence by exploring the nature of knowledge across all disciplines, encouraging an appreciation of other cultural perspectives.

Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) - Participation in the College's CAS programme encourages students to be involved in artistic pursuits, sports and community service work, thus fostering their awareness and appreciation of life outside the academic arena. (As a United World College school, we have the highest amount of CAS hours we are required 250 hrs for 2 years we gained around 700-800 hours in two years)

Anyways, I go to a United World College in Norway (Red Cross Nordic United World College, Fjaler - Sogn og fjordane) studying with 200 students from 85 countries represented... when I have more time I will post about it....

I am in my last term of IB so we are going to have an Exam in May then I am off to University in August.

Where? and what subject?

Hmm... I see 'diversity' in IB subjects. But I fear Experimental Subjects... too hands-on perhaps.

That's why I'm still in public school, I suppose.

In singapore there is just two schools that offers the IB (International schools actually), and in order to get in it is a really long waiting list one of the schools is United World College of South East Asia. Have you heard of that school we are sister schools, there are 13 United World Colleges around the world!

Experimental sciences the easy ones are Design and Technology, ITGS and Environmental systems..,,,

iknow, and he is doing an IB

but i have never heard of any place offering Thai language courses at these levels in Norway... as i am too in Norway..

I am a girl sorry! About the IB world schools in Thailand, we have four actually (RIS, Prem school in Chiang Mai, Bangkok Patana and NIST). Do you know United World College even? My school is one of the best IB schools in Norway. Check in on the official website of United World Colleges, and Red Cross Nordic United World College (This school is affiliated with the Norwegian Red Cross, Nordic countries government, International Red Cross Society....(They fund the school) =) )

We are going to have a ceremony of signing the contract between the IRC and the Norwegian Red Cross in Oslo on the 18th of March..so wait and check the NRK channels on the news

About Thai A1 is self-taught which means you have a teacher that teaches you World Literature in English and then You have to study your own books in your own language.... All the IB schools offers A1 subject doesn't matter what it is but some of them have to have a self-taught course or teaching type (like Swedish, Norwegian,English, Danish and Spanish A1 in my school...) but for Chinese, Finnish, Amhemric, Thai, Faroese, Arabic and more (around 50 languages are all self-taught+ world lit).

It would be cool and more understandable for you Vulcan to check the International Baccaulerete website , United World Colleges and Red Cross Nordic United World Colleges website....

I would say that this school is really hard to get in, you are on full scholarship but you need to be nominated from your country's government or the National commitee....so we are on merit here. I am the only Asperger student here but we have around 5-6 Dyslexic students...so I am really proud =)

sorry, assumed you were a guy, dont know why though


actually i am not going to do an IB as i am doing a BA in classical history.. but i do have an interest in languages and i speak a little of allot: Latin, German, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew ect...but mostly at level one....


i was just curious about the Thai language as it seemed rather unusual....

but thank you for the info, and you should be proud....!