Going to TJ doesn't guarantee success

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is gloating about some kids not getting into a big university worthy of a thread?

No one is gloating, that's you feeling insecure.

Actually OP is along with the person posting that TJ parents only want their kids at TJ so they can brag on dcum.

I don't have a kid at TJ and never will.

The people who do not have kids at TJ and are fixated on bashing TJ students and their parents look like crazy people who cannot get over their kids not being accepted to TJ. Normal people do not obsess about other people's kids like this.

How would you know those parents had kids who didn't get into TJ? that's you assuming and feeling insecure over the pressure parents put on kids to get into TJ.

The point is that TJ is a great school and parents SHOULD want their children to attend it, but don't act like you're child is going to be the next Bill Gates because they went there. You can go to public school and get into a better college and be more successful than someone from TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The point is that TJ is a great school and parents SHOULD want their children to attend it, but don't act like you're child is going to be the next Bill Gates because they went there. You can go to public school and get into a better college and be more successful than someone from TJ.

Food for thought:

In 2000, Courtney Brown was the first player selected in the NFL draft and Tom Brady was one of the last player selected in the 2000 draft (199th overall).

Courtney Brown lasted 61 games in the NFL, retired in 2005, didn't win anything. Tom Brady played in 8 super bowl, won five of them, multiple MVP honors. Brady is still playing.

Something to think about.

[Anonymous]

NP here. When I see posters like the Arlington poster who has started at least three threads after her kid got into TJ, it’s hard not to think that there aren’t a lot of incredibly narcissistic parents pushing their kids into the school - whether it’s to impress their neighbors in North Arlington or their relatives in Korea.

This area used to be a great place to raise kids. It’s just awful now.

[Anonymous]

why are you so fixated on this? I don't think anyone is suggesting that TJ is the Holy Grail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. When I see posters like the Arlington poster who has started at least three threads after her kid got into TJ, it’s hard not to think that there aren’t a lot of incredibly narcissistic parents pushing their kids into the school - whether it’s to impress their neighbors in North Arlington or their relatives in Korea.

This area used to be a great place to raise kids. It’s just awful now.

Aren't you jumping to conclusions? Do you have a kid/kids at TJ or who want to go there? Why do you think it has anything to do with a narcissistic parent? Lots of families needing to make decisions about high schools. Public, private etc.

Agreed tough that this is a pressure fueled area. Might be less stressful somewhere else?

[Anonymous]

Some of the smartest people I know never accomplished much in life. The only guy from my high school who went Ivy for college has done NOTHING with his education. Oh well.

I was in the top 2% of my graduating class and the top 1% of SAT scores in the country. Got a scholarship to a good college and did well. But I haven't been super successful since then. I'm making a very average salary for my background, and haven't risen very high on the corporate ladder despite working very hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The point is that TJ is a great school and parents SHOULD want their children to attend it, but don't act like you're child is going to be the next Bill Gates because they went there. You can go to public school and get into a better college and be more successful than someone from TJ.

Food for thought:

In 2000, Courtney Brown was the first player selected in the NFL draft and Tom Brady was one of the last player selected in the 2000 draft (199th overall).

Courtney Brown lasted 61 games in the NFL, retired in 2005, didn't win anything. Tom Brady played in 8 super bowl, won five of them, multiple MVP honors. Brady is still playing.

Something to think about.

Obviously Brady made a pact with the devil. So obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. When I see posters like the Arlington poster who has started at least three threads after her kid got into TJ, it’s hard not to think that there aren’t a lot of incredibly narcissistic parents pushing their kids into the school - whether it’s to impress their neighbors in North Arlington or their relatives in Korea.

This area used to be a great place to raise kids. It’s just awful now.

You might be surprised, but a lot of people in N Arlington have never heard of TJ - I spent 4 years explaining to people what it was. So, no, I don't think that's why that poster has posted so much. I think she's just trying to get some information because out here in the boonies of Arlington not much is know about TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the smartest people I know never accomplished much in life. The only guy from my high school who went Ivy for college has done NOTHING with his education. Oh well.

I was in the top 2% of my graduating class and the top 1% of SAT scores in the country. Got a scholarship to a good college and did well. But I haven't been super successful since then. I'm making a very average salary for my background, and haven't risen very high on the corporate ladder despite working very hard.

Thank you for keeping it real. I think a lot of monetary success is timing and luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The point is that TJ is a great school and parents SHOULD want their children to attend it, but don't act like you're child is going to be the next Bill Gates because they went there. You can go to public school and get into a better college and be more successful than someone from TJ.

Food for thought:

In 2000, Courtney Brown was the first player selected in the NFL draft and Tom Brady was one of the last player selected in the 2000 draft (199th overall).

Courtney Brown lasted 61 games in the NFL, retired in 2005, didn't win anything. Tom Brady played in 8 super bowl, won five of them, multiple MVP honors. Brady is still playing.

Something to think about.

Brady was a huge star in college football even as a freshman. I'm not sure how the draft worked, but they made a mistake obviously.

[Anonymous]

If the parent did all the work to get them into TJ and there’s no instrinsic motivation, of course they are going to fail at some point. Also, be patient. Some kids take a while to be successful. You can’t just judge them by whether or not they got into Tech and they are only 18. I can think of several friends who had menial jobs out of college and had a couple of years of struggling but are now tops in their fields.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brady was a huge star in college football even as a freshman. I'm not sure how the draft worked, but they made a mistake obviously.

Brady was a huge star as a freshman? You obviously don't know anything the University of Michigan football.

Brian Griese, a senior, was the starting QB in 1997 @Michigan when Brady was a freshman. That team won the share of the National championship. Brady didn't get to play at all that year.

Brady played sparingly in his sophmore and junior year. In Brady's senior year, he had to compete with a highly coveted freshman by the name of Drew Hanson and Brady didn't beat out Hanson until either the 4th or 5th game of the season. That's why Brady is playing like he has a chip on his shoulder.

To say that Brady was huge star in college football is laughable. You should watch "the Brady's six" on ESPN 30-for-30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah -- and so? Is this breaking news?

No school guarantees success.

Going to Harvard doesn't guarantee success either.

+1....and nobody said it guarantees "success". It might move the starting line in the race, but that's assuming the child wants to be in the race in first place.

+2
We, as a family, decided long ago that we didn't want to be in the educational "race" that is so prevalent around here. We just removed ourselves from it and life is so much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why are you so fixated on this? I don't think anyone is suggesting that TJ is the Holy Grail.

New to TJ threads on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brady was a huge star in college football even as a freshman. I'm not sure how the draft worked, but they made a mistake obviously.

Brady was a huge star as a freshman? You obviously don't know anything the University of Michigan football.

Brian Griese, a senior, was the starting QB in 1997 @Michigan when Brady was a freshman. That team won the share of the National championship. Brady didn't get to play at all that year.

Brady played sparingly in his sophmore and junior year. In Brady's senior year, he had to compete with a highly coveted freshman by the name of Drew Hanson and Brady didn't beat out Hanson until either the 4th or 5th game of the season. That's why Brady is playing like he has a chip on his shoulder.

To say that Brady was huge star in college football is laughable. You should watch "the Brady's six" on ESPN 30-for-30.

People just say whatever they want to for the sake of an argument nowadays.