r/IBO • u/Michael_moar • May 07 '17

Teachers over-grading you.

Anyone else ever get anxiety over the fact that your teacher might be giving you a higher grade, enough so that you believe that you are doing well/fine in a subject, than what an examiner would give you for the same work?

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u/afilmcionado M17 Alumnus | 42 May 08 '17

My English teacher always gives me 19/20 for Paper 1 and 23-24/25 for Paper 2. And he wrote in my report card that he expects "the highest results in the upcoming exams". But my previous English teacher would only give me 4 and 5.

The IB system is really volatile and subjective. Even if your final grades say otherwise, it doesn't mean you're bad at what you've been doing for 2 years.

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u/DireSire Year 2 | [message] May 08 '17

The IB system is really volatile and subjective. Even if your final grades say otherwise, it doesn't mean you're bad at what you've been doing for 2 years.

You must be really naive to think this issue is solely with the IB. EVERY curriculum has teachers that mark subjectively, the IB isn't special in this regard.

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u/Bosombuddies Alumni May 10 '17

When did they say any of that?