@ gileshk
With an attitude like this - "Bottom line is that it's better to lose 10 weak kids than 50 strong ones." and your history of troll-ism here, I rest my case. What a great teacher you must have been. Your reason d'etre has always been high jacking reasonable peoples threads. I see no difference in the way you expressed yourself before.
As a tutor (snigger snigger) I spend all my time explaining to bright kids why things are, so they understand what the teacher is telling them and why things happen. Rather than teachers, "you do this and this .. lets move on". FYI - I do Maths, Physics and Mechanics to kids and Business English to major corporations like PWC, Oracle, CITI Group etc. My skill is in the workings of the real world so giggle all you want. A Mainland HR company has just given me 30K a month for one days work a week (10-4). This to retain my services for a major university project - snigger snigger gafaw gafaw - so keep on giggling, I can afford it.
FYI - "perhaps you could explain what is so bad about transitioning to a full IB set up" Of course I have never even come close to saying this. The exact opposite would be more accurate. O levels / GCSE or their equivalent are irrelevant for anything more than sorting out able candidates for A levels . I think I indicated as such. So .......... maybe you should investigate your own reading skills.
Neither did I purport to hold the views of ALL Students .. but you know that. Your just trying to stir up the malicious pot, as usual.
IN FACT my main point has been the feed back from students in the system now, not at some time in the past, which is irrelevant to this discussion. My office has not heard and the students are not aware, of this change. My point was also the accuracy of rumour.
You claim "My word certainly isn't the gospel" yet when someone might question your sermon on the mount, you let fly with thunderbolts and we hear the gnashing of teeth.
I hope the parents minds are reassured quickly. Both them and the students do not do well when things as important as education, are changed before their eyes.