IB
We talked about this in class a little bit and I saw a few posts about it but I'm going to hop on the band wagon as well.
I guess what bugs me is that fact that IB is making money off education. Free education. Colleges do it all the time but I feel like in a way, that's different. I know that money is what makes the world go around and yada-yada but it is a little unsettling to me.
Originally, IB was started as a non-profit organization, or so they say. They must have decided that the opportunity was too hard to pass up.
To give them a little credit, IB was primarily taught in private schools for many years and I'm assuming state schools wanted to give kids the opportunity as well? I guess it opened up a whole new market.
So, while I love the IB program, I find it quite unsettling that they're making money off of my education.
YUP.
Remember that what you pay for in IB is mostly optional (score details and comments on EEs). Also the Collegeboard makes money off of the ACT.
ReplyDeleteOn another hand, I find it unsettling that "defense" companies make money from devising increasingly hands-off ways to kill hundreds of people. (but that's another story)
I know, I know! It just bugs me that we have to pay to get educated, yah know?
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