Hey guys .... sorry for not posting for a while. This blog will now be a mix of the real IB class and the creative story. Armed with my camera, I will be able to post class snapshots on the things we do in our daily school fun :D

“So what are you going to do without your substrate?” Asked Jess.
Chloe just shrugged. She was feeling a little denatured.
“OK class” said Frau Johno “Today we’re going to learn an impossible amount of German vocabulary,” and “I’m going to test you on it next week.”
They all groaned. As the class were going about their work, an assortment of German cakes and breakfasts magically floated into the classroom. And as the students ate the foods, the German words they had to learn spontaneously appeared in their brains, and they all god 100% on the test.

Biology got more bearable when they started learning about genetics. Leah imagined if her children would turn out Ranga as well.
“Hey guys” suggested JD “Let’s have a study party at my place tonight!”
“Yes!” Shouted “Chloe I’ll totally bake a cake!”
“I’m not coming to that” said Johnny “You guys are such nerds.”
“Who said you’re invited?” Whispered Steph to Chloe. They high-fived.

And funnily enough, at the study party, they actually did study. They had theoretical TOK discussions, shared secret mathematic formulas and analysed random movies and books. Bed time was at 3am. It was an early night for the crew.

“What book are you looking for Steph?” Asked Tom.
“Withering Heights” she replied.
Kimmy shuddered at the sound of that book.
“Maybe you should call Gold Coast Library” suggested Leah.
Chloe got out her phone. “Here” she said “I have them on speed dial”.
Everyone LOL’d.
“But I don’t have a Library card” said Steph
“It’s OK” said Jess “You can use one of mine. I have about 15 Library cards under different aliases.”

So everything was going well for the IB crew. Until their EE topics were due.

“Oh man, I just have no idea” complained Jess
“Me neither” said Tom. FML
“Chill” said Chloe “Let’s go to Zarrafas”

Zarrafas didn’t help them with their EE topics. Nothing could.
“Kev, do you think I could do something about Hitler for my EE?” Asked Johnny
“What would you write about?” Asked Kevin
“How retarded his moustache looks”
Chloe rolled her eyes.
“And what are you doing for your EE Mrs Flowers?” Asked Kevin
“Your mum” she joked.
“Oh snap!” Said Leah
“At least I’m not in love with Mr Cullen!” He responded
“At least I have hair!” Chloe went too far. Kevin began to cry.

So the next history lesson they brought him lamingtons, tonnes of coke and a magnetic white board marker. Kevin accepted everyone back into the circle of trust. And LOL it was so embarrassing when they saw him on pupil free day.

But the magic didn’t stop there. Parent teacher interviews were being held, and all the parents were very eager to see how their students were coping with 11-IB.

Most of the interviews went fine, however it was a little awkward for Carlisle to meet Chloe’s father. He had to lie and say she was a pleasure to teach.

“JD needs to read more books” Mrs Lee said Kimmy “and what’s with all the dentist appointments?”
“What dentist appointments?” Asked JD’s mum.

It turns out JD had been skipping school in the morning to do happy gas. Going to “the dentist” was just a cover up.

In English the crew were discussing Like Water For Chocolate.
“I don’t get it miss” said JD “so like she gets really fat, and farts to death?! And like the whole house is shaking!?”
“Pretty Much” said Steph “That’s Mexican books for you.”
“That’s so racist” said Johnny.
“You can’t talk” joked $haniqwa “you pay me out for being Asian all the time!”
“Snap good call” shouted Chloe.
Kimmy just shook her head. Her class was in chaos.
“Can we go get ice cream miss?” Asked Leah.

So they all got ice-cream. Yum.

Now, you may ask, what’s going on with Brandon and Chloe’s marriage? Well, Brandon had to go back to Las Vegas to record his new solo album “Flamingo”. It was tragic. But Chloe got over it, and started dating Justin Bieber. LOL jkz she would never sink that low.

Everything was dead silent in business, as it usually was.
“Hey guys said JD do you want to hear a joke?”
Sure said $haniqwa
“Our social lives!”
Everyone burst out laughing and fell to the floor. Even Mrs Thanks couldn’t contain herself. Then Chloe got a little sad…
“I haven’t had a date in weeks” she complained
“I haven’t had a date in my entire life” JD replied
Chloe was shocked. “We need to find you a girlfriend JD!”
Steph and Leah agreed. Jay just laughed.

But sure enough, a girl from Leah and Chloe’s acting class was single, so they organised a date. And they lived happily ever after. For ever and ever. Amen.

Later that afternoon in TOK the class were watching a Stephen Colbert interview that was taking forever to load. The phone rang.
“Hello Miss Nesbette speaking….Yes she’s here…who is this?”
Miss Nesbette’s mouth dropped. “Chloe, someone’s on the phone for you.”
“Unless it’s, Brandon Flowers, I don’t want to talk to them” Chloe joked
Miss Nesbette handed her the phone.
Funnily enough, it was Brandon Flowers. He was visiting Australia and wanted to come meet Chloe. Apparently he was a fan of her twitter page.

“This Thursday? Oh Brandon….I’d love to meet you, but I have a Biology excursion.”
“Can’t you get out of it?” Asked Brandon
“No” said Chloe “I need the prac hours.”
“I could come” offered Brandon.
“OK great!”

And it was decided. Brandon was to come on the biology excursion and fall in love with Chloe.

“What’s that?” Asked Brandon
“Oh, that’s a flagellum” Chloe explained “they’re very chilled”
Steph LOL’d

Later that year, Brandon and Chloe got married. Steph, Leah and Jess were all bridesmaids. JD was the maid of honour . All the teachers were invited, and Tom, Johnny and $haniqwa helped with the decorating of the flowers (It counted towards their CAS). Kevin wore a purple suit.

“F*** I hate TOK” complained Tom. But Chloe and JD weren’t listening. They were too busy playing with their super-fantastically-cool rubber cars. $haniqwa tried to destroy the cars, but the cars were made of strong stuff. They travelled over speed bumps and bridges.
“So what you’re saying Miss Nesbette, is that we really don’t know anything?”

“No Leah, I’m saying that you have to make a decision about whether you believe that you don’t know anything at all, or whether you think you could possibly obtain secure knowledge. And what is secure knowledge? Can we securely know the meaning of it?”
“Enough miss” said Johnny “My head hurts”
“Break Time?” demanded Jess.
And the IB crew got ten minutes of peace. Until it was time for Biology again.

“Error bars ruin my life!” Shouted Chloe.
“Yeah” said Johnny “I’m sure the person reading the report doesn’t actually care how accurate it is.”
“And don’t get me started on cells” continued Chloe “I bet they don’t even exist.”
“Hush children” said Carlisle “Just Chill”
“Hey!” Shouted Leah “That’s Chloe’s thing!”
“Oh Snap!” Added JD
Carlisle just shook his head and continued writing notes on the board. None of the content was actually getting through to the IB crew. Their brains were like mush without caffeine.

And the next day the magic started. Leah woke up and looked in the mirror…
“OH MY GOSH!!!” She screamed. Her hair was a beautiful red colour, just like she told Chloe she wanted it. When she got to school, Steph approached her

“OMG Leah! I have something I need to show you she said excitedly JD and I made these in biology”
Steph pulled out some brown coloured patches from her bag.
“What are they?” Asked Leah
“Caffeine patches” she explained “it was Chloe’s idea”

In English they all applied the caffeine patches to their arms and got a rush of excitement. They were able to do their work efficiently, and the quality level was like nothing the teachers had ever seen before.

During the next few weeks, other strange things started to happen. In the middle of their second maths exam, JD and Chloe’s cars started flying around the classroom. Seeing as they were IB students, they looked at the flying cars, laughed, and continued with their maths exam.

Mrs Nesbette continued to confuse the students with concepts of knowledge, and class discussions got a little heated. Carlisle, the biology teacher, was very stubborn and set in his ways. You weren’t allowed any mints (unless of course you offered him some). And it was okay to play music in the lab as long as he approved of it. Mrs Kimmy brought the students food to enjoy in English every Wednesday morning, and the they were all very grateful. Maths was split into two classes - smart and dumb. The smart students (Leah, Johnny and Chloe) chose to do the easier maths course with Miss Wellington, who always seemed to be waiting for a call. The rest of the students stupidly chose to do standard level maths, and regretted the decision for the rest of their lives.

The most challenging class, however, was Business. Mrs Thanks was a wonderful teacher, but no amount of good teaching could make the content bearable. Zarrafas study sessions were organised, and the sweet taste of caramelised fusions helped the students cope with the overwhelming amount of content. History was one of Chloe’s favourite classes, however she had an unstable relationship with Kevin. It was hard to accept him back into the circle of trust, however the colour printing he performed for the class made him trustworthy again (to an extent). Frau Johno enjoyed teaching the amateur German class (a little too much) and thought that everything was sehr shon. However, on this particular Friday, things were not “sehr shon”.

"It’s just a little report” Carlisle said casually with an evil grin on his face.
“But sir, it’s my birthday” complained Johnny
Carlisle laughed and made a lame joke “Then eat some birthday cake when you write it up.”
Everyone groaned. A biology report was the last thing they needed. With all the CAS forms, TOK journals and exams, the IB crew were starting to feel the pressure. A Voc-ed student walked past the lab: “ha-ha, look at the IB nerds!”
“THEY’LL BE YOUR BOSS ONE DAY” shouted Carlisle
Snap good call added Chloe.
They grudgingly completed the report - some with a little help ;).

A middle schooler approached Steph and Chloe about the IB course:
“So like, what does IB stand for?” Asked the young girl.
“Intellectual Bad-ass” replied Chloe, who proceeded to high-five Steph.
“Is it like better for you in the long run?”
“Well let me give you an example of a real life situation”. Said Steph. You’ve got a “multi million dollar mansion on sovereign island. A past IB student is the person who owns it. A past OP student designed and supervised the construction of the mansion. And a student who dropped out and went to TAFE laid the bricks of the house. Make sense?”
“I want a mansion!” Exclaimed the middle schooler.
“Yes", said Steph but ask yourself:” Is it really worth the two years of torture?”
“Oh come on. It can’t be that bad.”
Chloe and Steph LOL’d at the middle schooler and walked away.
“That kid has no idea” said Chloe “What do we have next?”

The Adventures of the Magical IB Crew

Disclaimer: The names of the teachers were changed slightly to prevent embarrassment.

"Shit" thought Chloe as she glanced at her timetable. "Double TOK. What the hell was TOK?" It sounded dangerous. Like it was out of a Chuck Norris film. Could it be….Theory of Karate?
She walked into the classroom and was bitterly disappointed. No Chuck Norris, no karate. Just Nerds.

"Welcome to IB" smiled the teacher. "Please take a seat. Chloe, is it?"
She nodded in approval. Her classmates looked so naïve and full of hope. In the next two years, that hope would degrade into frustration and despair.

"Now, I’m not saying that the International Baccalaureate is a superior course to the OP, it is just different. So I wish you all the best in your studies. The teacher continued, Why don’t we begin by introducing ourselves? Just say your name and why you decided to do IB. I’ll start. My name is Mrs Nesbette, and I decided to teach IB because I was looking for a challenge." She turned to a red headed girl sitting in the front and asked her to stand.

"Hi. My name’s Leah and I chose to do IB because I want to study in Scotland and…yeah." She smiled sweetly and sat back down. The girl next to her was next. "I’m Steph, and I’m doing IB because I’m pretty much perfect." "Fair Enough," thought Chloe. And then she realised it was her turn. "Oh umm, me?" Everyone gave her a “duh” look. "Well my name’s Chloe, and I’m the next big thing in Hollywood. But I want to go to Oxford University first." JD giggled and the rest of the class joined in.
"Hi I’m JD…I’m Irish." Mrs Nesbette cracked up. "And I’m dumb and I figured IB was for smart people, hence i thought that may help my image" He then exchanged a goofy look with the class and sat back down. $haniqwa, otherwise known as “Jay” announced that he decided to do IB for the chicks. Johnny agreed, however added that dumb chicks are just as hot. Chloe whispered WTF to Steph and she laughed.
"I don’t know why I’m doing IB" said Johnny "Is it too late to change back to OP?" Mrs Nesbette replied with a lie: There’s no need to change. IB isn’t that much harder than the OP course.
Tom was next:
"I’m Tom. And I’d like to do engineering when I leave school. I thought IB might get me into a good university." Jess was last to introduce herself. "I’m Jess, and I’m doing IB because I’m really smart and committed to my studies."

And from that day on they would forever be known as the IB crew. In the first week friendships were formed, personal battles were fought and assignments were written. And the IB crew learnt that caffeine was more valuable than gold.