IB: No small potato

I, as an incoming sophomore at Lake City High School, would like to voice my opinion on the International Baccalaureate program’s abjuration. The IB program should be kept in at least one high school in Coeur d’Alene and its adjoining cities. I went to a few protests with members of the community speaking in favor of this program; however, only people in favor of the IB program showed up and spoke. People against IB need to at least be informed on how their own body politic feels about the issue before revoking the opportunity for incoming students.

Above all others, the course I was most looking forward to taking was Theory of Knowledge. As a member of Lake City’s debate team, learning to think critically is a skill I have been attempting to hone since the beginning of my education. Even if there are only 57 (last year’s number) students who benefit from this program, it is completely worth it to be bettering the education of just a few students.

High school is commonly associated with unintelligent teenagers who take basic classes and barely pass them. The IB program was our last hope to change that view of Coeur d’Alene’s educational system. The palinode of IB showed that we are most definitely moving in the wrong direction. So I only have one question, Coeur d’Alene. Do you want to continue to be thought of as the small, irrelevant city in the potato state? That’s definitely where we’re headed.

SIENNA TEMPLEMAN

Coeur d’Alene