To the IBs of Tomorrow
SIGNALS THAT YOU ARE BECOMING A "TRUE IB"
( I.E. SIGNALS THAT IB IS DRIVING YOU CRAZY)
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1. Sleep becomes irrelevant.
2. You begin calling teachers by their first name
i.e. Hi Gary, how you doin today?
3. You wake up and you can't tell whether it's 6:00 am or 6:00 pm.
4. You notice that *marks* begin to become your highest priority, and the quest to get those numbers eats at you in a newfound way to excel for a scholarship or bursary.
5. You start to wonder why school was built: to torture or to educate.
6. Your use of profanity when discussing matters related with school undergoes a steady, if not dramatic increase.
7. Clubs and councils (*ahem, like Health Council) begin to take a sidebar. You become more bloodthirsty to obtain your CAS hours by sitting in meetings but not really involving yourself in what's happening. (tragic...)
8. You get to know Ms. Prendergast a whole LOT more for scholarships / book awards / bursaries.
9. You start evaluating which classes are skippable to complete the Chem lab and which are unskippable - i.e. History. (hint, hint)
10. You're reading the novel for English while studying for the 30-mark History quiz while studying for Ms. J-L's "you should ace it" test while redoing a Physics lab at lunch for Mr. Block.
11. You complain a LOT either to, with, amongst, or against the fellow IBs.
12. You tell yourself to "sleep until 3am" and THEN get up and study!
13. You're promising your World Lit paper will be done by "tomorrow", when really you haven't started it at all.
14. You start falling asleep in the library. (My personal favourite...hehe)
15. You ask friends interesting questions such as "how do you manage to stay up late?"... or "what time did you start the G4 project at?" or "you only got half an hour of sleep?? Are you sick?"
16. Hitler becomes your buddy and leader. (ode to Isaac and Joo - our German spies)
17. You're struggling to stay awake for English but you're fine in Chemistry.
18. Want to see a movie? Homework. What are you doing tomorrow? Homework. What are you busy doing? Homework.
19. Mme. Roy's words of "Ooh la la" and "Students, I forgot you had an IB Exam" become engraved in your head and spark feelings of dread.
20. You meet new people in Pre-IB and IB I , but never really in IB II. These people will stand beside you for the journey and you will get to know them sometimes well, sometimes barely at all.
You will learn that you have some true friends and you don't - the choice of who to be with is up to you.
Note: there's more to come. I just don't want to give you a nervous breakdown. -) j/k