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  • To B or Not to B?

    The IBDP is notoriously tough, and for good reason. Perhaps understandably, students (and their parents) will look to game the system if they...

  • Prejudices

    A teacher recently posted a Comment expressing concern about how certain students expressed homophobic/transphobic views in their written texts...

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  • 11 June 2024
    Kieran Pascoe
    SL Listening exam A
    Thanks David. Looking forward to the new ones :) 
  • 10 June 2024
    David Ripley
    Extended Essay 2018
    I'm afraid, Gabriela, that I don't know anything about this 'Bojack Horseman' (despite the remarkable name!). However, I can say something about the RQ - as it stands, it neither fits into Cat.3, despite the mentions of critique and parody,...
  • 10 June 2024
    David Ripley
    Cat.2 clarified
    I can see the general approach, Laura, but like you I would be concerned about the factual support. She can analyse what the screenplay itself shows about expectations - but how does one substantiate those expectations with objective facts,...
  • 10 June 2024
    Gabriela Muñoz
    Extended Essay 2018
    Dear David,I need your important advice on a topic a student of mine is really keen about for her EE. It is about a sitcom called Bojack Horseman and her potential RQ is: How does Bojack Horseman represent the difference between real life and...