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IBers vs. SACE
I never did really understand the rivalry that exists between IB and SACE. Sure, I can understand the envy of the SACE people, as they miss our exclusive IB gatherings and events like Nepabunna, but the sheer hostility of our relations at times suggests something more serious.
Some tend to take the joke of IB supremacy far too seriously, and actually believe its true (Edgar). This is, of course total bullshit. Ask any IB teacher, and they will tell you that on the whole, IB students are lazy little bastards. lol. Sure, we may have extra commitments like CAS, TOK and EE and Group 4, but on the whole, IB isn't really that bad. Honestly, its easier for us IBers to do better in our TER, and achieve higher rankings, that for those doing SACE.
As Mme Davies constantly points out, people doing SACE have to work just as hard to obtain a high TER, as those doing IB.
Another factor that deters people from IB is the fact that exams count for 75% of our grades. It is not untrue, however, to say that exams are pretty fucking important for SACE-ers too. By the time the end of the year comes for SACE ppl, most of the internal marking puts the students at equal standings. The difference between the marks really only comes from the exams.
Hm...another thing. Some ppl even get pissed off at us for using the term IBers, and even separating us at all. I'll ask ppl what term they use when talking about ppl in their....legal studies class. They will say, "people in my legal studies class", logically enough. For ppl doing IB, we spend all of our lessons with the same people, therefore, it seems logical that we would refer to our group as the IBers, would it not?
Anyway, this basically comes from a conversation I had with Lozza, after O'd publically abused the IBers for missing the assembly. May i add that nearly 30 ppl were absent from the assembly when it started. Only 19 ppl do IB, and some of them were at the assembly, therefore, O'd was wrong in blaming us.
Enough of this. May the end of this anti-IBism come quickly.
[ posted by Tom @ 11:04 pm ]