IB Signs

Here are some signs that you’re an SMCHS IB Student:

• The only thing you learned in philosophy is that Tony is God

• Whenever you hear “twelve inches of…” you immediately begin to laugh

• You nickname fellow classmates after the characters in your English book

• You stop by the IB office just to say hi to Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Cunha

• You get less than two hours of sleep every night (Contributed by Nicole)

• You haven’t started researching your extended essay, even though the rough draft was due yesterday (Contributed by Nicole)

• You complain about how much work you have to do for the three hours you alloted to do it (Contributed by Chris)

• You waste more time complaining about you homework than actually doing it (Contributed by Nipun)

• You have more caffeine in your body than an entire Starbucks

• The only exercise you get is from racing other IB students to class

• You really believe that IB students are elite

• Your backpack weighs more than a Patel (Contributed by Simone)

• The number of energy drinks you consume in a day outnumbers the number of hours you’ve slept (Contributed by Chris)

• You are upset when you’re given an assignment that requires you to use facts and quotes, thereby negating your awesome bullshitting skills. (Contributed by Chris)

• When a college interviewer asks you “for you, why is highschool great?”, you laugh and have to resist asking them in return what it is they’re smoking. (Contributed by Chris)

• Cereal is considered too time-consuming for breakfast. (Contributed by Chris)

• You spend the time at 3 A.M. when you should be doing your homework, looking at list to see if you are an IB student (Contributed by Simone)

• You view sleeping as a sign of weakness.

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