Choosing your classes
For all the MYP kids and those planning on entering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme next year, please pick the classes you are interested in. You will be spending so much time working with those subjects (especially if you take HL) that if you pick a subject that you don’t like, it will feel like torture. Pick subjects you LIKE for SL, and pick the subjects you LOVE for HL, regardless of what everyone else says. Your parents, peers, and teachers will not be the ones sacrificing hours a day for these topics. (Don’t get me wrong, you should not completely ignore their opinions. They can be valid.) Pick the subjects you love despite how hard people tell you it is going to be, or how it is too easy.
Personally, so many of my friends and teachers told me I was absolutely insane for choosing to take HL Mathematics online as my fourth HL. But I love math, and I want to pursue a career in it. And honestly so far, it has been one of my best decisions. Yes, it is difficult. Yes, I am spending almost every second of my free time doing math. But I love it. And that is all that matters.
Do not let other people decide your future for you. They are not the ones living it.
