Trust Your Child
In this interview, I talk with my former colleague and good friend, Annie Vossinioti, about what she learned from teaching IB Economics for 20+ years. Annie shares her personal story…
High Achieving Girls Self-Bullying
GUEST SPEAKER: Are high achieving girls self-bullying? Feminine Leadership expert, Christine Arylo, certainly finds that many do in her work with high achieving girls and women. In this interview she…
Helping Parents Raise Grateful Kids
OVERVIEW In this interview, Aurora Tamez, who is the IB Diploma Coordinator for a school in Mexico, talks to Eleni Vardaki about how schools can support parents in raising grateful kids by providing practical examples from her own experience: 1) How…
IB Diploma Student: “What I Wish My Teachers Knew”
OVERVIEW In this video, I interviewed Ezgi Ceren Pinarbasi, an IB Diploma student from Turkey who’s in her final year of the IB Diploma. In this video, Ezgi Ceren raises 3 practical…
Human Technologies in IB Schools
HUMAN TECHNOLOGIES: Eleni Vardaki interviews Toby Newton, Head of School at the International College of Hong Kong (ICHK), about how their school is going beyond simply focusing on helping students achieve excellent exam…
IB Alumni Share Advice on How to Choose Your IB Subjects
And the full interview of two recent IB Diploma graduates who are talking about how they went about choosing their IB subjects is now out!!! Anyone whose worked with George…
How To Get A 7 In HL IB Maths
WHAT’S THE ISSUE: Ever heard an IB HL Math teacher saying things like “Maths isn’t like History/English etc – you’ve either got it, or you don’t”. Or “You’re either good…
Stress that IB Diploma Students Face
In this episode of ‘Let’s Talk About the IB’, Kleio Kartalis tackles 3 big stress factors IB Diploma students can experience. For example, she talks about how university applications are…
IB Diploma Advice for Parents
In this episode of “Let’s Talk About the IB”, I had the honor of interviewing a wonderful father of two IB graduates, who also happens to be a senior representative for…
Time Management Tips For IB Diploma Students
More than 40 IB points? Like…how?! And yet. Meet Valia Katsis. A down-to-earth former IB History, IGCSE History, IB TOK, and History Extended Essay student of mine who got a phenomenal 41…