Washington Post Slams FCPS for Racist Magnet School

[Anonymous]

This is why we are where we are as a country. Punish the kids/families who try. Make excuses for the ones who don't try or don't do well. We are totally f-ed now and ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Post came down very hard, and deservedly so, on Fairfax County this week for its segregated academy named after Thomas Jefferson. Time for major reform is long overdue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-virginia-school-shows-that-racial-inequities-arent-confined-to-the-justice-system/2020/07/27/e8a95732-af75-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

I feel like .. it’s same thing.
any sports team should open to the space for Asian regardless their results especially for basketball and ice hockey. They should admit races have their own strengths. But regarding TJ test prep, it should open to any kids in Fairfax county and support especially kids who can’t afford it with low income.

What are you babbling about? "[R]aces have their own strengths" is definitely a racist statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Americans care nothing for academic excellence.

Why don’t you admit proportional numbers of all ethnicities on basketball teams and other sports teams, and then we can talk about schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Americans care nothing for academic excellence.

Why don’t you admit proportional numbers of all ethnicities on basketball teams and other sports teams, and then we can talk about schools.

Yes, the best way to preserve your privileged status is to take turns insulting under-represented minorities and then the entire country.

Remind us again why the rest of us should subsidize this two-track system when you have such obvious disdain for anyone other than your own stuck-up brats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Post came down very hard, and deservedly so, on Fairfax County this week for its segregated academy named after Thomas Jefferson. Time for major reform is long overdue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-virginia-school-shows-that-racial-inequities-arent-confined-to-the-justice-system/2020/07/27/e8a95732-af75-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

I feel like .. it’s same thing.
any sports team should open to the space for Asian regardless their results especially for basketball and ice hockey. They should admit races have their own strengths. But regarding TJ test prep, it should open to any kids in Fairfax county and support especially kids who can’t afford it with low income.

Are you saying that only Asians are smart enough to go to TJ? That is ridiculous. The problem is that Fairfax has set up a system that rewards the most intense and driven PARENTS of smart kids.

Intense, hyper, and not very honest parents

[Anonymous]

It’s a shame that the discussion never focuses on how admitting more Black and Hispanic kids would benefit the entire county and immediately devolves into somecpeople zealously attempting to protect their own privilege. The inability for local parents to have that conversation convinces me that the negative aspects of TJ now outweigh the positive.

[Anonymous]

Children should not be denied educational opportunities due to race/ethnicity,

They’re being denied due to inability to pass the entrance exam and lack of academic chops, which is just and necessary.

[Anonymous]

I bet this thread was created by the same anti-TJ person who pretended to be a black and made up a bunch of anti-Asian craps. Her lies were confirmed by Jeff in one of the locked thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet this thread was created by the same anti-TJ person who pretended to be a black and made up a bunch of anti-Asian craps. Her lies were confirmed by Jeff in one of the locked thread.

She would find every opportunity to come back and stir things up after her lies were deleted/locked by admin again and again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that the discussion never focuses on how admitting more Black and Hispanic kids would benefit the entire county and immediately devolves into somecpeople zealously attempting to protect their own privilege. The inability for local parents to have that conversation convinces me that the negative aspects of TJ now outweigh the positive.

no one not in the school cares about the community, they care about their child's ability to get in and setting aside spots in an already relatively small school lessons the odds for everyone not benefiting from the set aside

[Anonymous]

As always, we are getting carried away and missing the whole point of the article. Though I do not agree that there is an explicit racism, its no secret that minorities are under represented in TJ admissions and its likely due to lack of opportunity. It may not a good idea to dilute the admission process just to include more minorities, but FCPS should provide encouragement and additional training for free or at reduced cost to those who cannot afford other enrichment programs to level the playing field. It is also not correct to discourage parents/students to participate in any enrichment activities and school systems cannot enforce or discredit it.

There was a story where an engineer started an training institute to coach poor students in a remote part of India to get them admitted prestigious and super competitive engineering schools. He selected students based on merit and their income levels, coached them free of cost and was able to succeed in getting a lot of his students selected for these schools. So, its not that these kids have suddenly become smarter, but they just didn't have an opportunity or simply they didn't think they even had a shot at these engineering programs.

[Anonymous]

"Minorities" are not underrepresented at TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Minorities" are not underrepresented at TJ.

Agreed.

The USA exploits hardworking Asians by benefiting from their labor yet denies them minority status and protections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As always, we are getting carried away and missing the whole point of the article. Though I do not agree that there is an explicit racism, its no secret that minorities are under represented in TJ admissions and its likely due to lack of opportunity. It may not a good idea to dilute the admission process just to include more minorities, but FCPS should provide encouragement and additional training for free or at reduced cost to those who cannot afford other enrichment programs to level the playing field. It is also not correct to discourage parents/students to participate in any enrichment activities and school systems cannot enforce or discredit it.

There was a story where an engineer started an training institute to coach poor students in a remote part of India to get them admitted prestigious and super competitive engineering schools. He selected students based on merit and their income levels, coached them free of cost and was able to succeed in getting a lot of his students selected for these schools. So, its not that these kids have suddenly become smarter, but they just didn't have an opportunity or simply they didn't think they even had a shot at these engineering programs.

If FCPS somehow comes up with an effective enrichment activity, who do you think is going to sign up? The people already gunning for TJ, or the people they are trying to reach- or do you exclude based on race?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet this thread was created by the same anti-TJ person who pretended to be a black and made up a bunch of anti-Asian craps. Her lies were confirmed by Jeff in one of the locked thread.

Wrong.

And even if Jeff concluded that one poster was misrepresenting her identity, other Black and Hispanic TJ grads have testified to the School Board this year about their negative experiences with racism at TJ.