Hi. My name is Henrietta. I am 17 years old and I am a student at Stockholm International School, studying the IB diploma. I am half swedish, half english and I lived in the UK until I was 15 and Sweden since then.
The IB diploma is an international course that's supposed to be "preparing students for success in higher education and life in a global society." I don't know if this is completely the case, honestly I only do the IB because I moved from the UK two years ago and I couldn't find any other course in Sweden that was solely done in english.
I just know that the IB is a lot of work and there are extra curricular things you're supposed to do at the same time as studying for exams and your Extended Essay, such as CAS. CAS stands for Creativity, Action and Service and it's basically a way of stealing all of an IB students extra time. I'm joking, it's kind of rewarding and you get to join in on a bunch of fun activities that you wouldn't usually take part in if it wasn't compulsory.
This blog will be about all my adventures in the following year from now in August to when I take my final exams in May. I'm writing this blog, partly so I have something for the creativity section of my CAS and partly because I think it's good for new 11 grade IB students to know what it's like being in the second year of IB. I know last year, I didn't really have a clue what I was getting myself into.
Here, I will write everything from how I find my classes, homework, manage a social life and anything else that effects my IB life.
