Hi,
My Son is IBT Northpark since this year. I think it is good idea to put them in this kind of course as they learn to work hard. I am thinking of moving him to normal school if grades are low in grade 10 so that he can get his best grades in grade 11 and 12. What i have noticed changes in him are that he is getting more homework so need to work hard, he is with other kids which are also studying hard so good competition.

Thx
Manoj

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Manoj Rastogi

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Originally posted by gforacle

Hello,

The information session for special programs is happening this month for Peel Schools. Anyone who did any further research last year, would like to put some information for the members.

Regards

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Hi,

Read your entire post.

recently IB has launched their PYP and MYP programs. PYP starts (Primary Years program) form the KG level under the IB's learner profile.

My son is getting to 4 and we are seriously thinking of putting him @ IB PYP from now so that he gets ready for the real IB DIPLOMA under the same system form the beginning.

What is your feedback/opinion about the same?

Regards,

VJ.

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Originally posted by Vandematram

Let us turn the problem in reverse and look for a solution.

What does a typical DESI do in Mississauga, Canada ?.

If it is a girl they do Bio, Chem and Physics and they end up in UFT, UTM, Waterloo or McMaster in the Life Science program hoping to be a Doctor.

As the number of Doctor seats are very few they end up graduating with a Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry degree and ask the question then WHAT ?.

To get into these courses you need about 85% in your 12th grade.

If it is a Desi boy then he would end with either Waterloo, UFT doing a Engineering course and he again needs 85% in the 12th grade.

If the kid has immigrated from India after grade 10 he or she will kill the Calculus & Vector course and also the Physics course in grade 12. This person will end with upper of 90% in grade 12.

If the kid is raised in Canada since grades 2 or 3 they will struggle in both the courses and they will end up with 82 to 85%.

Both the boy and girl finish the life science or B.S in Engineering and then ask now what should I do as the job market in GTA is for Insurance, Mortgage,real estate or jobs in the finance industry.

They end up in a bank or call center or a financial institution at a 15 bucks an hour job and in NO relation to what they have studied.

Hence you'll find that the IB program is quite competitive the NET marks are reduced and kid who will typically make a 85% in a regular school with end up with a 75 to 80 % in IB course. The university admission is quite based on grade 12 marks and the kid is now at a disadvantage.

The IBT program have another set of problems. Many of the IBT program courses are all college level courses than a university level course. What will you do with a college level course if you want to go to univesity?. Many a times your admission is based on the bio, chem, physics and Calculus, data and advance function courses. These are all university course and both are the same for IBT and regular students. In Port Credit this school has both courses running parallely and hence both students do the same course when they have to apply to university. Hence what courses they have in IBT which is actually a program for kids who want to take up technical jobs right after school than to go to university.

Hence you'll find that both are HOG WASH. I've friends in both schools and programs at IB at Glen Forest and IBT at Port Credit. They realized the mistake at grade 11 and when they tried to move their kids to regular school they were stuck. In one case the kid was lucky to move out of IB program where he scored 67% in grade 11 and then went to grade 12 in a regular school and scored 82% and now he is progressing for a life science degree in UT.

Hence re-look the problem from the University admission stand point and trace back whether these courses give you a heads up and my personal opinion they DO NOT.

The best strategy is adopted by first generation kids of Desi parents and the kids who are born in Canada.

They go to college after grade 12 and spend atleast 2 years there as it is cheaper and less stressful. They are also working and also earning for their studies. Once they have a clear sense of which path THEY want to go than what YOU want them to do they set out on that path. Many of them are already working in a low post in the company of their choice and are able to get the company to pay for their university fees and then the company absorbs them into the management cadre when they finish university.

Hence it is very important the Kid is let to find the career of their choice than we forcing them into a predestined field.

May be your kid is special and will be lucky.

Good LUCK.

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