To IB or not to IB ... That is the question

2dsdad
Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:15:52 +0000

xiggi, let’s not quibble about your v. my definition of ad hominem:

American Heritage Dictionary - adj.
Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents’ motives.

"…seemingly wrapped up in the virtues of a program that purports to have a “global” scope… you may want to shed a few provincial views. "

Wrapped up? Provincial? Yeah, I would say that qualifies as ad hominem.

Ejamacate? Educate. Humor. You have heard of it (humor, that is)? I was responding to your condescending comment that implied I was uninformed about the program that my daughters have been involved with for the past seven years and that I needed to read up (ejumacate) myself on it.

I realize that posters responding to your query about the value of IB are merely students in IB or parents of students. Personally I have two daughters that are going through the IB program. We have lived in three different locations with the kids attending three different public school systems and one parochial school along the way. As such I can only add my own anecdotal reports of our kids’ experience with the program to the discussion. Since you want to take this to a personal level, I will stop posting my narrow, parochial opinions and cede the field to the worldly, authoritative, childless college student with all the answers. I acknowledge I am not qualified to have an opinion.