<p>So I attend an American school in Alexandria, Egypt right? There are no AP / IB classes (I don’t even know what they are). Projects aren’t done properly, if you get a Power-Point presentation with numerous pictures and good house music to follow, you’ll get the full grade without even presenting it. Along side all that, students don’t use the school books to study but actually teachers provide them with papers that sum up what comes in the test so no one even uses the school books anymore.
Do International American schools fail? Or do they simply fail in Egypt?</p>
<p>Note: The above description is of one of the most prestigious schools in all of Alexandria.</p>
<p>Another note: Do American students study these entire enormous books or just short segments of it? You know, like the World History book that is for grade ten and includes the Renaissance age and reformation of the European catholic church etcetera.</p>
<p>^^Well, if that is the condition of your school, you must talk about it with the nearest American Embassy. Almost all the “American Schools”(the ones directly affiliated to the government) are directed by the US government itself. Where are you planning to go after high school? If the US, then you’ll have a lot of problems. Since you are getting full grades without submitting your project, you’ll suffer a lot in college. And yeah, you better not put the description about the school in such a huge public forum. Even the AdComs from colleges check CC and if they find out that your school has been doing such tasks, it will ultimately harm your application…:)</p>
<p>“Almost all the “American Schools”(the ones directly affiliated to the government) are directed by the US government itself.”</p>
<p>“American Schools” abroad are not directly affiliated with the US government, and they do not receive direction from the US government. They are private schools that receive their funding from the parents, and possibly from international companies with offices in the area. </p>
<p>If you think that your school is not up to standard, you need to talk with your parents and have them take the issues up with the school’s governing board. The school’s board hires the principal/director of the school who most likely is the individual who actually hires the teachers. </p>
<p>As for the textbooks: Choosing the right textbook for a class is really hard. Usually the books available don’t exactly match the material that needs to be covered in the class. Often the teacher has to select between a book that will have a lot of “left over” chapters, or one that needs to be supplemented with extra material.</p>
<p>You are just complaining about your own school, which is by no means an accurate representation of all “international american schools.” I guess it’s just your school.</p>
<p>I go to an American school in Europe. My school has the IB curriculum, and we have an average SAT score of 1750. Teachers teach well and students work hard.</p>
<p>Most American schools in Bangkok are also getting great IB/AP scores. Of course, they are not affiliated with the American govt but usually gets accredited by American boards (WASC, for example)</p>
<p>Drelnis brings up an important point. If your school is accredited by one of the US-based accreditation boards like [url=<a href=“http://www.wascweb.org/]www[/url”>http://www.wascweb.org/]www[/url</a>] an accreditation team will visit every few years and will check out the school’s management and academic standards. If the school doesn’t measure up, it can actually lose its accreditation. You need to find out if your school is accredited, and by what organization.</p>
<p>Yes, they visit the school, check out classes (make teachers print out a WHOLE stack of paperwork just to create a paper trail to demonstrate communication efficiency), talk to the student government, talk to the students, check out on activities in school. When a board came to my school, a student actually ran away from home.
I can still remember this very nice lady, Dr. Marilyn George from WASC, who came to accredit my school.</p>