Regardless of whether or not the educational system is set upon shifting sands, sending students plummeting to slow deaths, Montessorian mutiny has still to erupt, and so the reasonable thing to ask next was how tenth graders could best decide upon the level of their IB maths course. Mr. Daoud’s reply offers a logical take on the choice:
“Think of your future and your careers. Accordingly, choose your level of mathematics. If you want to go into any scientific fields, you have no choice but to go into [Math] Standard or Higher to be able to convert it to the science tawjihi equivalency. All in all, think of your future careers and what you want to study at university level, and go from there.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Salah’s advice seems to most befit those failed by rationalism:
“…I believe it is the relation between the student and the teacher, so we have to trust our teachers and their judgement. When a certain teacher says that you fit this course, let us trust that teacher. Let us try not to take the choice simply because I have to take maths at HL or SL; let us be careful when choosing such courses. The teacher is the last resort; as a student, I have to trust my teacher and be able to take advice from them in order to be guided by their judgement in deciding which IB math course to take.”