So 75ish less Asian students are getting in each year now? How did the rest of the population feel about having such a large majority before? I remember reading that they were very uncomfortable. Maybe they should have changed the mission of TJ to diversity it better rather than the application. |
ELA tests measure vocabulary knowledge and text comprehension. I'm talking about creative, compelling writing that shows a unique perspective of the student. In this new landscape, parents should start practicing creative writing with their kids so they have a better chance of standing out. |
Rest of the the population celebrated the Asian majority at TJ since they reinforced TJ's standing. It is the equity politicians that went about tinkering with TJ. The 75 Asian students that are denied their TJ spots, can easily handle the base school rigor. The same cant be said of the 75 replacement Algebra 1 students that are suffering at TJ with remedial math and playing constant catch-up. |
They are all well qualified. |
The average number of Asian students per admitted class for the 10 years prior to the change was 330. The average since the change was 321. So, on average, there are 9 fewer Asian kids per class after the change. |
race based selections and racial quota management behind those numbers is concerning. |
In TJ principal's own words : " below proficient " |
There is no racial quota or race-based selections. Stop spreading misinformation. |
FCPS reserved spots for every middle school whether those kids were qualified or not. Those middle schools have different demographics. |
Exactly, it’s basically a lottery for Asian students |
By dropping important information from the test and teachers’ recommendation, that 321 is way weaker than that 330 in the old system |
It's been proven that teacher recs are too often racially biased so they had no choice but to remove them. The test also was rigged since too many students with means were simply buying the answers from various prep centers. The old system was toxic and broken. |
If the bolded is true, then it's odd that college admissions still relies so heavily on teacher recommendations. The same is true for every elite summer program or grad program. Heck, TJ still heavily relies on teacher recommendations for its own froshmore admissions. They're even the primary factor in FCPS for AAP eligibility. The reality, though, is that FCPS removed teacher recommendations because they weren't going to give them the racial demographics that they desired. |
what do you mean simply buying the answers? From where? |
There is a history of legitimizing discrimination against Asian Americans. What is laughable is there are insecure asians who support discrimination against their own race. https://exhibits.stanford.edu/riseup/feature/timeline-of-systemic-racism-against-aapi |