Your choice - your future! 2021 IB Options at BIS Hanoi

Your choice - your future! 2021 IB Options at BIS Hanoi On Thursday, BIS Hanoi’s IB Options Evening was superbly attended by Year 11 students and their parents. The event was an insightful occasion for us to support students and parents in gathering all the useful information about IB subjects. We hope you found the IB Options evening informative and good luck on the path that you choose.

On Thursday, BIS Hanoi’s IB Options Evening was superbly attended by Year 11 students and their parents. The event was an insightful occasion for us to support students and parents in gathering all the useful information about IB subjects. We hope you found the IB Options evening informative and good luck on the path that you choose. 

On Thursday, BIS Hanoi’s IB Options event was superbly attended by Year 11 students and their parents. I trust the parents of our Year 11 students found the presentation as informative as I did.  Although I have been teaching the IBDP for 13 years, I always find options evening an exciting and insightful occasion. The opportunity to take control of their future is a wonderful one for students and we know they will not squander it.

Decision-making is not something we should fear; instead, we should embrace it as an opportunity to direct our life towards an even better future. The trick is to surround yourself with different perspectives and good advisors. Gather all the information you need, weigh it up against your goals and dreams, and then be bold and brave, and follow the path that inspires you.

Engaging in a thorough process before decision-making will help students avoid mistakes but it will also strengthen their will to succeed, when challenges arise in the future.

So, my advice to our Year 11 students is: speak to Mrs Graham (IB Coordinator), Mrs Fairbairn (University Guidance) and Mr Airdrie (Head of Sixth Form). Research the courses and universities you wish to study. Talk to your teachers about the subjects you are most interested in and/or need to study. Ask Year 12 and Year 13 students about their experiences. Finally, talk it through with your mum, your dad or a friend. Then, and I am addressing our students directly here, when you are fully informed, you make the final decision because it is your future! Good luck.

Tim Webb

Head of Secondary