Tj teachers - Be prepared!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the "stigma" associated with URMs to go away at school and at the workplace, they need to compete and earn it at the same level as others who they seek to replace (i.e. Whites and the "minority who you don't want to include among minorities" (Asians)).

You do that by providing them the runway - training, opportunities, etc. - to compete as "equals", not by diluting standards and lowering the bar.

Asking people to shut up about it and shaming them because a logical thought popped into their head is not going to fix it long term. I bet we will be having this discussion as a society, a 100 years from now if this how we choose to fix this problem, to the detriment of the URM population.

I truly want deserving URM kids to get the opportunities they deserve. I want them to out-compete my kids. Anyone that doesn't is diminished in my mind. This includes athletic, legacy and URM recruits at colleges. Sorry. But that's my reality, and a reality I will be sharing with everyone who cares to listen and likely be influenced by my opinions.

Thought experiment:

Two students. One spot.

Student A is your relatively typical TJ applicant, regardless of race. Carson Middle School. 3.97 GPA in middle school. Algebra 2 in 8th grade. Science Olympiad. MathCounts. CTY camps. Years of prep work. Applying to TJ largely because his parents are pharmaceutical researchers and have determined that he should be on that path as well.

Student B is an excellent student but a very atypical TJ applicant. Twain Middle School. 3.85 GPA. Geometry in 8th grade. Club softball player and wants to play in college, only other real extracurricular is a couple of years singing. Never did a single STEM activity until she went to a religious stay-away camp in Florida where they took a trip to Cape Canaveral as a side thing in the summer before 8th grade - and immediately was inspired to learn everything she could about space travel. She wants to be an astrophysicist and has spent all of her time since that trip reading up on how to be one.

Student A is probably "more qualified" than Student B based on any number of historical "merit" calculations. But if you've spent any time at TJ, you know that TJ already has an enormous number of Student As and would be much better served by having a few Student Bs. It's not that you always pick B over A, but if you want to have a better high school and a better learning environment, you do sometimes.

I vote for Student C who has all the attributes of Student A and has the passion of Student B (regardless of their middle school and race). There are plenty of these types of TJ candidates also. Why are you assuming that Student A from Carson has no passion and being pushed by parents while student B from Twain has the passion?

Even if both Student A and B have the same amount of passion, I believe it would be better to have some students of type "B" as well. We do not want 100% student "A" types as well. Saying this as an Indian myself.

Thank you! And to be clear, there are plenty of Indian student Bs out there who will be helped by these changes.

[Anonymous]

I agree that black kids will be considered by students to have only gotten in because of their race. This is a likely result when the administrators say they wish to get more black kids in and change the admissions process to help make that happen.

[Anonymous]

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Believe me when I tell you that there will be plenty of Asian students who will be helped by this process. PLENTY. Kids who come from schools that are historically underrepresented at TJ - but still happen to be Asian. Kids who are low income - but still happen to be Asian.

And Asians who move to another school for 8th grade to take advantage of the per school quotas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that black kids will be considered by students to have only gotten in because of their race. This is a likely result when the administrators say they wish to get more black kids in and change the admissions process to help make that happen.

THEY ALREADY ARE TOLD THIS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that black kids will be considered by students to have only gotten in because of their race. This is a likely result when the administrators say they wish to get more black kids in and change the admissions process to help make that happen.

THEY ALREADY ARE TOLD THIS

OMG OMG people might treat them like those kids that only got in because they bought the exam from Curie!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that black kids will be considered by students to have only gotten in because of their race. This is a likely result when the administrators say they wish to get more black kids in and change the admissions process to help make that happen.

THEY ALREADY ARE TOLD THIS

The point is it will be lot worse now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that black kids will be considered by students to have only gotten in because of their race. This is a likely result when the administrators say they wish to get more black kids in and change the admissions process to help make that happen.

THEY ALREADY ARE TOLD THIS

OMG OMG people might treat them like those kids that only got in because they bought the exam from Curie!

At some point you need to put that kool-aid down. If someone is actually selling "the exam", they could go to jail. Since the dude who runs Curie is not in Jail, I'm assuming you are lying. Oh, by the way, the earth is not flat either. You are welcome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that black kids will be considered by students to have only gotten in because of their race. This is a likely result when the administrators say they wish to get more black kids in and change the admissions process to help make that happen.

THEY ALREADY ARE TOLD THIS

OMG OMG people might treat them like those kids that only got in because they bought the exam from Curie!

At some point you need to put that kool-aid down. If someone is actually selling "the exam", they could go to jail. Since the dude who runs Curie is not in Jail, I'm assuming you are lying. Oh, by the way, the earth is not flat either. You are welcome!

+1 There is no way anyone had the actual exam beforehand. Curie just knew the types of questions on the test and put together classes to cover the types of questions. SAT, ACT, MCAT, LSAT etc. by Kaplan does the same thing. It's SJW fake news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that black kids will be considered by students to have only gotten in because of their race. This is a likely result when the administrators say they wish to get more black kids in and change the admissions process to help make that happen.

THEY ALREADY ARE TOLD THIS

OMG OMG people might treat them like those kids that only got in because they bought the exam from Curie!

At some point you need to put that kool-aid down. If someone is actually selling "the exam", they could go to jail. Since the dude who runs Curie is not in Jail, I'm assuming you are lying. Oh, by the way, the earth is not flat either. You are welcome!

+1 There is no way anyone had the actual exam beforehand. Curie just knew the types of questions on the test and put together classes to cover the types of questions. SAT, ACT, MCAT, LSAT etc. by Kaplan does the same thing. It's SJW fake news.

TJ test administrator has given few questions from old ACT tests as it is. Curie students already gone through those ACT tests as part of prep... students got excited when they see the same questions and put them on social media !! Lazy administrators!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my friend’s son , first year freshman that their teachers don’t teach much. They just give them links to videos and they are expected to figure out on their own. It works so far, but of course with the new admission changes, teachers are going to be in shock with the class results if they don’t improve their teaching skills & instead expect kids to figure out, or TJ is going down.

Really? I thought the latest crop of students was a much higher caliber than the ones who just bought the test from the prep center.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I heard from my friend’s son , first year freshman that their teachers don’t teach much. They just give them links to videos and they are expected to figure out on their own. It works so far, but of course with the new admission changes, teachers are going to be in shock with the class results if they don’t improve their teaching skills & instead expect kids to figure out, or TJ is going down.

Your son is an idiot.

Umm... idiot, he said his "friend's son" not his son.

Birds of a feather..

[Anonymous]

According to the grapevine, quite a few TJ teachers are quitting to join Private Industry rather than have to deal with the woke BS that's sure to hit the fan next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the grapevine, quite a few TJ teachers are quitting to join Private Industry rather than have to deal with the woke BS that's sure to hit the fan next year.

Crazy the ones I've talked too were very happy with the more rigorous process that favors talent over prep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard from my friend’s son , first year freshman that their teachers don’t teach much. They just give them links to videos and they are expected to figure out on their own. It works so far, but of course with the new admission changes, teachers are going to be in shock with the class results if they don’t improve their teaching skills & instead expect kids to figure out, or TJ is going down.

Your son is an idiot.

Umm... idiot, he said his "friend's son" not his son.

Birds of a feather..

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the grapevine, quite a few TJ teachers are quitting to join Private Industry rather than have to deal with the woke BS that's sure to hit the fan next year.

Crazy the ones I've talked too were very happy with the more rigorous process that favors talent over prep.

You are delusional.