Congrats to 2 NoVa students in Mathcounts top 12

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now watch them get rejected from TJ.

Those kids will be fine anywhere while TJ would make a huge difference in an underprivileged child's life trajectory.

Hypothetical Counterpoint: With TJ's advanced math classes, they continue on the path to finally solving Goldbach's conjecture. The underprivileged kid, on the other hand, goes from being top in his high school and getting accepted into Harvard (full ride due to low income) to being bottom of his class at TJ and attending a local college below his potential.

Why should a kid whose school doesn't offer mathcounts be disadvantaged? If FCPS wants to use something as a data point for admission, they need to make sure it is available in all middle schools

Even if it were available at all schools across the county, there aren't going to be any other kids with the raw aptitude to make Mathcounts top 12. Extra middle school programming is not going to turn a kid into a math prodigy. People who make the argument that the PP did just don't grasp how advanced and amazing these kids are.

Also, any kid who wants to participate can do so. Mathcounts allows kids to register and compete as an independent student if their school doesn't have a team or if they're homeschooled.

My kid well in Mathcounts although not nearly as well as the 2 in this thread. He was naturally good at math, but no prodigy. What separates the really good Mathcounts kid and the great Math counts kid is a lot of practice. That practice happens at home. One can possibly find a prodigy among the Mathcounts contestants, but it's overwhelmingingly kids just putting in the work to be fast.

Do you consider a kid who attend the Scripps spelling bee a spelling prodigy? How about the National Geography Bowl or the National History Bee?

When a huge number of kids are pouring in the practice and vying to be at the top, but some are still decidedly better than others, it's not just the practice. There is something special about the top kids, whether it is mathcounts or some sort of Bee. In the case of the VA kids, they were leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else in VA. According to AOPS, the #1 VA kid at state had a 42/46. The 4th place was 34/46. That difference is huge. At nationals, the top VA kid got a 36. #3 and #4 on the VA team got scores of 27 or lower. Again, that's huge. It also should be pointed out that a lot of the top kids, including the top VA one, also earned USAJMO honors.

Re: the bolded: Understatement of the year. Your kid honestly isn't in the same stratosphere as these two kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ isn’t just math class.

Math is the essential basis of science and technology. Assuming you know the full school name of TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now watch them get rejected from TJ.

DCUM’s level of hate and vitriol never ceases to amaze and disappoint me. Seems reflective of the nastiness increasingly prevalent in the deep blue DMV.

Long past the time to find a more sane place to live in the USA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now watch them get rejected from TJ.

Those kids will be fine anywhere while TJ would make a huge difference in an underprivileged child's life trajectory.

Hypothetical Counterpoint: With TJ's advanced math classes, they continue on the path to finally solving Goldbach's conjecture. The underprivileged kid, on the other hand, goes from being top in his high school and getting accepted into Harvard (full ride due to low income) to being bottom of his class at TJ and attending a local college below his potential.

Why should a kid whose school doesn't offer mathcounts be disadvantaged? If FCPS wants to use something as a data point for admission, they need to make sure it is available in all middle schools

FCPS middle school principals have wholeheartedly facilitated mathcounts club gatherings at bottom schools but no one attends. Whereas at at top school, when a similar FCPS middle school principal accommodates mathcounts club meetings afterschool, the entire cafeteria is full.

They don't tell us about this attendance gap in our equity meetings, do they, comrade?

That isn't remotely true.

[Anonymous]

You people are showing yourself to be pathetic clowns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now watch them get rejected from TJ.

DCUM’s level of hate and vitriol never ceases to amaze and disappoint me. Seems reflective of the nastiness increasingly prevalent in the deep blue DMV.

Long past the time to find a more sane place to live in the USA.

Wows, Karen. You’re jumping up and down the thread because some Asian kids are good at math and accusing others of hate. You amaze everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ isn’t just math class.

Math is the essential basis of science and technology. Assuming you know the full school name of TJ.

Ok. And, as I said, TJ isn’t just math class.

- multiple STEM degrees

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now watch them get rejected from TJ.

DCUM’s level of hate and vitriol never ceases to amaze and disappoint me. Seems reflective of the nastiness increasingly prevalent in the deep blue DMV.

Long past the time to find a more sane place to live in the USA.

Wows, Karen. You’re jumping up and down the thread because some Asian kids are good at math and accusing others of hate. You amaze everyone.

Thanks for proving my point.

Bye

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now watch them get rejected from TJ.

DCUM’s level of hate and vitriol never ceases to amaze and disappoint me. Seems reflective of the nastiness increasingly prevalent in the deep blue DMV.

Long past the time to find a more sane place to live in the USA.

Wows, Karen. You’re jumping up and down the thread because some Asian kids are good at math and accusing others of hate. You amaze everyone.

Thanks for proving my point.

Bye

Don’t let the door hit you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ isn’t just math class.

Math is the essential basis of science and technology. Assuming you know the full school name of TJ.

Ok. And, as I said, TJ isn’t just math class.

- multiple STEM degrees

Wish TJ gets rid of calculus. It so hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ isn’t just math class.

Math is the essential basis of science and technology. Assuming you know the full school name of TJ.

Ok. And, as I said, TJ isn’t just math class.

- multiple STEM degrees

Wish TJ gets rid of calculus. It so hard.

Sounds TJ isn’t the place for you.

[Anonymous]

^Sounds like

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ isn’t just math class.

Math is the essential basis of science and technology. Assuming you know the full school name of TJ.

Ok. And, as I said, TJ isn’t just math class.

- multiple STEM degrees

Wish TJ gets rid of calculus. It so hard.

Sounds TJ isn’t the place for you.

if they lower the math reqs even more it will be fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ isn’t just math class.

Math is the essential basis of science and technology. Assuming you know the full school name of TJ.

Ok. And, as I said, TJ isn’t just math class.

- multiple STEM degrees

Wish TJ gets rid of calculus. It so hard.

Sounds TJ isn’t the place for you.

It's for math geniuses only? It doesnt seem fair that our base school students can graduate with Algebra 2, without having to take calculus. That option is absolutely needed at TJ. For art, music and sports interested, why is math beyond Algebra 2 needed anyway? Think, you all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ isn’t just math class.

Math is the essential basis of science and technology. Assuming you know the full school name of TJ.

Ok. And, as I said, TJ isn’t just math class.

- multiple STEM degrees

Wish TJ gets rid of calculus. It so hard.

Sounds TJ isn’t the place for you.

It's for math geniuses only? It doesnt seem fair that our base school students can graduate with Algebra 2, without having to take calculus. That option is absolutely needed at TJ. For art, music and sports interested, why is math beyond Algebra 2 needed anyway? Think, you all.

Get some sleep, troll. You're off your game.