TJ sports recruiting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A troll started this thread and is replying to themselves with nonsense about TJ sports.

Unlike students at base schools, TJ students prioritize academics over sports. While individual sports at TJ have seen some successes, this is largely due to the skills students developed before entering TJ. Team sports at TJ are more recreational than competitive. TJ students participate in sports for physical health, stress management, and team camaraderie, but they are quick to scale back if it starts affecting their academics.

My child does Crew at TJ and loves it. TJ Crew is very competitive. They work hard as a team to win competitions but TJ Crew kids are lighter than other schools like McLean or Langley. It is very time consuming and tiring. They do learn time management and no time for video games. If the kid can balance both, sports and fitness are highly recommended as they get good sleep too. If it affects their grade, they will figure out new way of working. Giving up is not good.

[Anonymous]

DC played soccer freshman year, but it was tough balancing academics and sports, ending the year with three Bs. Sophomore year had 4 Bs and 2 Cs in the first two quarters. After discussions with counselor and coach, we decided to prioritize academics, as TJ's sports philosophy emphasizes academics first. DC skipped the sophomore season and managed to turn two Bs into As and one C into a B. We'll see how the next fall goes and consider junior year soccer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:played a sport all four years at TJ and all three seasons each year? did your kid ever go into the TJ building or just played outside everyday before heading back home?

This struck me as so funny for some reason.

glad there is humor on this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC played soccer freshman year, but it was tough balancing academics and sports, ending the year with three Bs. Sophomore year had 4 Bs and 2 Cs in the first two quarters. After discussions with counselor and coach, we decided to prioritize academics, as TJ's sports philosophy emphasizes academics first. DC skipped the sophomore season and managed to turn two Bs into As and one C into a B. We'll see how the next fall goes and consider junior year soccer.

Junior year is the toughest for academics.

[Anonymous]

Only advanced academic students enroll in Junior year sports. TJ coaches emphasize academics over sports.

[Anonymous]

There's got to be a troll on this thread pretending TJ kids just don't care about sports. That rings as un-true as I can possibly imagine.
-alumna

[Anonymous]

Even if a troll started it and other trolls infiltrated, the thread discussion appears well-balanced, with a touch of humor added.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised algebra 1, test buying, basketball, Curie, ... haven't come up in the discussion, yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A troll started this thread and is replying to themselves with nonsense about TJ sports.

Unlike students at base schools, TJ students prioritize academics over sports. While individual sports at TJ have seen some successes, this is largely due to the skills students developed before entering TJ. Team sports at TJ are more recreational than competitive. TJ students participate in sports for physical health, stress management, and team camaraderie, but they are quick to scale back if it starts affecting their academics.

As the bumper stickers have said for decades (saw one out and about last month): "TJ, we came for the sports."

And then there was: "Robinson, we stayed for the academics."

Nice stickers, but those are only for the advanced academics kids. Others are buried deep in academics, just trying to climb out of Cs and Ds.

I find it funny that you say sports at TJ is for the advanced academics kids. I assumed all kids at TJ are advanced. But I guess some are more advanced than others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure about the benefits, but most kids try out a sport and join lots of clubs. However, once a C or D grade drops on the report card, the first thing that gets cut is sports.

The only kids who have the time to do sports for more than one year are the academically advanced students who can manage to go home after two to three hours of sports practice plus car ride, complete their homework, and be prepared for quizzes the next day. Managing sports along with academics is not for the faint of heart, few manage to do them beyond freshman year. Junior year academics is brutal, last thing they are thinking about is doing sports.

My TJ kid played a sport all four years at TJ and all three seasons each year. He was also heavily involved in another outside of school competitive sport for the last three years at TJ. We knew lots of other kids on my kid’s teams who were just as involved with sports at TJ.

His academics never suffered and he went to a very competitive STEM oriented university- the admissions counselor noted to him at one point that they really liked the fact that he did so well at a school like TJ while also spending significant hours each week doing two very different sports.

played a sport all four years at TJ and all three seasons each year? did your kid ever go into the TJ building or just played outside everyday before heading back home?

Haha, yes! Did extremely well academically and was a National Merit Scholar. It helps that he’s just an extremely bright and highly motivated (on his own) person. Out of college now, doing very well, and is still involved in the sport he did at TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A troll started this thread and is replying to themselves with nonsense about TJ sports.

Unlike students at base schools, TJ students prioritize academics over sports. While individual sports at TJ have seen some successes, this is largely due to the skills students developed before entering TJ. Team sports at TJ are more recreational than competitive. TJ students participate in sports for physical health, stress management, and team camaraderie, but they are quick to scale back if it starts affecting their academics.

As the bumper stickers have said for decades (saw one out and about last month): "TJ, we came for the sports."

And then there was: "Robinson, we stayed for the academics."

Nice stickers, but those are only for the advanced academics kids. Others are buried deep in academics, just trying to climb out of Cs and Ds.

I find it funny that you say sports at TJ is for the advanced academics kids. I assumed all kids at TJ are advanced. But I guess some are more advanced than others.

For some kids the math comes without studying or sweating it much. I think that’s a big part of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A troll started this thread and is replying to themselves with nonsense about TJ sports.

Unlike students at base schools, TJ students prioritize academics over sports. While individual sports at TJ have seen some successes, this is largely due to the skills students developed before entering TJ. Team sports at TJ are more recreational than competitive. TJ students participate in sports for physical health, stress management, and team camaraderie, but they are quick to scale back if it starts affecting their academics.

As the bumper stickers have said for decades (saw one out and about last month): "TJ, we came for the sports."

And then there was: "Robinson, we stayed for the academics."

Nice stickers, but those are only for the advanced academics kids. Others are buried deep in academics, just trying to climb out of Cs and Ds.

I find it funny that you say sports at TJ is for the advanced academics kids. I assumed all kids at TJ are advanced. But I guess some are more advanced than others.

For some kids the math comes without studying or sweating it much. I think that’s a big part of it.

Some kids did a lot of prep before applying to TJ and a lot of kids continue to need tutoring to get through the advanced coursework at TJ. Kids who need that much outside help tend to not have time for sports, also. It’s too bad, because it makes for a less pleasant high school experience for the student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A troll started this thread and is replying to themselves with nonsense about TJ sports.

Unlike students at base schools, TJ students prioritize academics over sports. While individual sports at TJ have seen some successes, this is largely due to the skills students developed before entering TJ. Team sports at TJ are more recreational than competitive. TJ students participate in sports for physical health, stress management, and team camaraderie, but they are quick to scale back if it starts affecting their academics.

As the bumper stickers have said for decades (saw one out and about last month): "TJ, we came for the sports."

And then there was: "Robinson, we stayed for the academics."

Nice stickers, but those are only for the advanced academics kids. Others are buried deep in academics, just trying to climb out of Cs and Ds.

I find it funny that you say sports at TJ is for the advanced academics kids. I assumed all kids at TJ are advanced. But I guess some are more advanced than others.

For some kids the math comes without studying or sweating it much. I think that’s a big part of it.

Some kids did a lot of prep before applying to TJ and a lot of kids continue to need tutoring to get through the advanced coursework at TJ. Kids who need that much outside help tend to not have time for sports, also. It’s too bad, because it makes for a less pleasant high school experience for the student.

Nice try, but logic appears twisted. Do students who come in with basketball prep into TJ sports, need more or no help with basketball training over kids who come in with no prep? Fortunately, atleast the TJ sports coaches conduct tryouts and shows the door to unprepped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A troll started this thread and is replying to themselves with nonsense about TJ sports.

Unlike students at base schools, TJ students prioritize academics over sports. While individual sports at TJ have seen some successes, this is largely due to the skills students developed before entering TJ. Team sports at TJ are more recreational than competitive. TJ students participate in sports for physical health, stress management, and team camaraderie, but they are quick to scale back if it starts affecting their academics.

As the bumper stickers have said for decades (saw one out and about last month): "TJ, we came for the sports."

And then there was: "Robinson, we stayed for the academics."

Nice stickers, but those are only for the advanced academics kids. Others are buried deep in academics, just trying to climb out of Cs and Ds.

I find it funny that you say sports at TJ is for the advanced academics kids. I assumed all kids at TJ are advanced. But I guess some are more advanced than others.

For some kids the math comes without studying or sweating it much. I think that’s a big part of it.

Some kids did a lot of prep before applying to TJ and a lot of kids continue to need tutoring to get through the advanced coursework at TJ. Kids who need that much outside help tend to not have time for sports, also. It’s too bad, because it makes for a less pleasant high school experience for the student.

Nice try, but logic appears twisted. Do students who come in with basketball prep into TJ sports, need more or no help with basketball training over kids who come in with no prep? Fortunately, atleast the TJ sports coaches conduct tryouts and show the door to unprepped.

It is great that TJ sports coaches do team selections based on individual merit, instead going by a diversity chart. They dont care if their tryout process results in a majority Asian team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A troll started this thread and is replying to themselves with nonsense about TJ sports.

Unlike students at base schools, TJ students prioritize academics over sports. While individual sports at TJ have seen some successes, this is largely due to the skills students developed before entering TJ. Team sports at TJ are more recreational than competitive. TJ students participate in sports for physical health, stress management, and team camaraderie, but they are quick to scale back if it starts affecting their academics.

As the bumper stickers have said for decades (saw one out and about last month): "TJ, we came for the sports."

And then there was: "Robinson, we stayed for the academics."

Nice stickers, but those are only for the advanced academics kids. Others are buried deep in academics, just trying to climb out of Cs and Ds.

I find it funny that you say sports at TJ is for the advanced academics kids. I assumed all kids at TJ are advanced. But I guess some are more advanced than others.

For some kids the math comes without studying or sweating it much. I think that’s a big part of it.

Some kids did a lot of prep before applying to TJ and a lot of kids continue to need tutoring to get through the advanced coursework at TJ. Kids who need that much outside help tend to not have time for sports, also. It’s too bad, because it makes for a less pleasant high school experience for the student.

Your argument is like swiss cheese.