I got this off a bulliten. There were a few more, but they weren't as true, so I just took those out. The ones left are so true!
You Know Your In IB/AP when...
You And Reality file for divorce.
You have great revelations concerning Life, the Universe, and Everything else, but can't quite find the words for them before the white glow fades, leaving you more confused than before.
You begin to talk to yourself, then disagree about the subject, get into a nasty row about it, lose, and refuse to talk to yourself for the rest of the day.
Five words: "WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?!?!?!?!?"
You can spell "Baccalaureate".
"I.B., therefore I B.S."
"Friends" and "fellow IBers" are interchangeable.
You've fooled yourself into believing that colleges actually care whether you're in IB or not.
You frequently catch yourself saying "What?? We had homework??"
You manage to complete a semesters worth of homework the day before the term ends.
Your books weigh more than you do.
Your thesis for the Extended Essay is whether or not Bert and Ernie are gay.
Your alternate thesis for the Extended Essay is why IB jokes/checklists are so prolific and the amount of fact contained within them.
You plead insanity on a research paper.
Your plea is accepted by your teacher.
Your backpack is only comfortable when it weighs >30 pounds.
Your home becomes a "home away from home".
You actually worry about the 105% you have in math.
You find that you overreact when you get 2 points marked off on your homework.
You find yourself spelling words out on scantrons. You are deeply saddened when you can only find one letter of "IB SUCKS!"
The bags under your eyes are heavier than the ones carrying your textbooks.
You actually put the apostrophe in front of the word "'cause."
You think SEX is an acronym for a test you take after the SAT.
Your brain is so overloaded that you forget the simplest things.
You hold "parties" to study.
You look forward to your parties.
Your fellow IBers look forward to your parties, attend them, and do actual studying there.
You feel guilty if you go more than a week without homework or some form of schooling.
Your Theory of Knowledge class has you seriously thinking if Hitler was justified in killing those 6 million Jews.
You spell "am" wrong
You brag that you only got 2 hours of sleep last night
You look forward to arguing
You realize the IB drop outs are smarter than you are (they are???)
Your main addiction is to sleep...and you're always experiencing withdrawal.
You spend entirely to much time complaining about the work and work load, and probably more time complaining than actually working
You know the governments of other countries better than you do the US's
If you aren't stressed out, something is wrong
You KNOW our school is run by monkeys, and the incompetent administrators are just there to put on a face for the parents
You have mastered the art of proving the teacher wrong
You have mastered the art of getting extra points on a test or quiz
You have mastered getting the teacher to postpone an assignment via complaining, claiming that you have another major project, etc.
You scrutinize every question you get wrong on a test or quiz just to make sure it's really wrong... even if you already have an A on the test or quiz.
Your teachers love you but hate you at the same time
You aren't stressing over SATs, your putting that energy into IB and AP tests
You can improvise a rebuttal to anything and have it make complete sense even if it's total B.S.
You have a panic attack a day
You are so accustomed to being stressed, that when you aren't, you have a panic attack
You're first questions on the first day of classes are "What is your policy on late work?" and "Do you give extra credit?"
When on a easy night you wonder endlessly if theres some sort of essay you're missing
When Sparknotes, Pink Monkey, and Quoteland become your best friends
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