Lamar High School

Posted January 28, 2009

I graduated from Lamar last year and it really is exactly as those before me have described. My freshman year I was in an IB English class and it was really demanding and challenging. I decided to switch it and go into a regular English class for the second semester. We read Romeo and Juliet in the IB class and went into a very deep analysis of it and we also got or paid for new CliffComplete Books with the play and commentaries in it. Our teacher used this and it was really helpful to get us to understand what was going on. Then, when I was switched into regular we read Romeo and Juliet again. But the regular class was filled with unmotivated students and a teacher who played solitare on the computer the whole time and occasionally talked about the play. Go with IB if you choose Lamar!
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Posted July 17, 2008

I went to Lamar a few years ago and can echo most of the sentiments on here. If your child won't be in the IB program for most classes, I would not recommend choosing to send your child here. I had wonderful, amazing instructors at the IB level; some were better than those I had later at my well-regarded, small, private liberal arts college. The 'regular' classes, for the most part, though - are a joke. The teachers are unmotivated and barely able to control the alternating apathy and chaos in the classrooms. I was in one non-IB class for one semester, and I remember the teacher seemed completely unequipped to deal with a student who actually did the work and wanted to learn - sad on all accounts. This is not the students' fault - who would be motivated in such an environment?

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Posted May 27, 2008

When I first moved here, they put me in regular classes even though I took all AP at my old school. When I finally got put in IB, I was shocked at the difference. In the regular classes, neither the teachers nor the students (with the exception of a few) reallycared one way or another. Students would either sleep or just not come to class. Most of the teachers are really uninspired as well. In IB, the teachers are knowledgeable, caring, and patient and you actually learn something not on the TAKS test. Also, it is WAY to hard to leave school early even if you have a totally legitamate reason with a not from your parents, doctor, whoever.When I first moved here, they put me in regular classes even though I took all AP at my old school. When I finally got put in IB, I was shocked at the difference. In the regular classes, neither the teachers nor the students (with the exception of a few) really
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Posted February 5, 2008

This is a very difficult school to rate because it is almost like two schools in one. I graduated from the IB program where I couldn t imagine getting a better preparation for college. The teachers are caring, great to work with, and the classes are extremely intensive. IB students receive and excellent education as well as a number of perks. We had our own office, which was a line of three or four people at most. We could usually see our counselors that day, and if we needed to leave early for a doctor s appointment, it was extremely simple. The receptionist was nice, the offices were gorgeous, and everything was quiet and serene. However, this is not at all the case for regular students. I had a number of friends in regular classes and I took two or three myself. The students tend fall asleep in class or skip class all together. There are a few gems among the regular teachers, but I wouldn t be surprised if in the coming years they become IB teachers. The regular students have another office with terrible lines and great difficulty seeing their counselors. The receptionist is often rude and unhelpful, and the counselors themselves are overloaded and have dingy offices.
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