Secrets

Something I started thinking about is if it is ever ethical to disclose something that one person said to you to another. An example is if a friend tells you something that is a secret, tells you not to say anything, and then you tell it to someone you trust and tell everything to. I think it's hard because if you have someone that you really tell everything to, is it okay to keep things from them? It's tough and there is a lot of grey area, I feel. There are a lot of ethical issues like this in our lives. Just something to think about.


Mackenzie

IB exam week

So I know we are all already anxious about that week in May when we will have all of our exams... I personally am not looking forward to it. I think having so many exams in such a small period is going to be very stressful. I am having a slight dilemma about this because exam week is also Ovation "Hell Week" (the week of the first performance when we have to stay there until like 10 pm). As a few of you have learned in my personal narrative, Ovation changed my life, so I am definitely going to do it again this year. I'm just a little worried that this decision might impact my IB scores... I feel that it is important in the long run that I do Ovation. Just something I've been thinking about.

Thanks guys!

Seminars

So in many of our IB classes, we have all class discussions, or seminars, to sort of get an overview of the topic we are learning about. It seems to me that many teachers really like this teaching style, but I know of many students who don't like it. I think that since our class sizes are so large now, that it makes it hard to get a word in and get the points. I know many people are also very uncomfortable talking in front of large groups, so then they fail the seminar for not talking. Though I understand that teachers want to push kids to speak, since they'll need that skill later in life, but I feel like it is not as easy as you would think to get a word in. Just something to think about, I can definitely see pros and cons of seminars.