What is the diploma programme? For real

During the second parents meeting for the school year, students from the 10th grade and their parents are invited to join a presentation,  then a discussion for what exactly is the IB programme, the benefits, costs, to be in both programmes (national and the international) or not. We, as almost finishing the first year of the diploma programme, expressed what we feel about it, the challenges we are facing every day, the expectations for the second year. I chose to speak about our Visual Art classes because I felt most confident to speak about them.