Why is there such a racial/ethnic disconnect with TJ Admissions?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Haha, those above actually think more than 2-3 people per year are paying their kids' way into a university? And when those kids graduate, their parents are rich enough to start a business for them. So what? That is at the margins. What you have with TJ is first or second generation American families - scraping their way up from poverty when they had to flee their home country - with the brains and effort to excel enough to get in on academics alone. This is our story - our DC, non Asian, will be at TJ this year. DC's grandparents escaped Soviet Russia with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and survived, thanks to the graciousness of US immigration policies. This is the face (and fact) of TJ.

what was historically beneficial for all of society has become a major cost to the middle class "graciousness of US immigration policies" has become a corporate subsidy, pushed by the upper 1%

we need to reduce all immigration until the middle class has recovered, excess immigration is taking american jobs. let people do their amazing work in the country they were born in russia, india or china.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/business/the-typical-household-now-worth-a-third-less.html?_r=0

Economic inequality in the United States has been receiving a lot of attention. But it’s not merely an issue of the rich getting richer. The typical American household has been getting poorer, too. The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical household was $87,992 in 2003. Ten years later, it was only $56,335, or a 36 percent decline, according to a study financed by the Russell Sage Foundation. Those are the figures for a household at the median point in the wealth distribution — the level at which there are an equal number of households whose worth is higher and lower. But during the same period, the net worth of wealthy households increased substantially.

Almost all of the TJ students are U.S. citizens and most of them were born in the U.S. Your assumption that many if not most TJ students were born in Russia, India or China etc. is incorrect. I would guess that you or your ancestors were immigrants to this country too at some point.

Almost all TJ students are citizens except for few whose parents are on diplomatic visas or student visas for obtaining PhDs.

[Anonymous]

The myopic pursuit of name brand schools is not healthy for any race, creed, ethnic group, or culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The myopic pursuit of name brand schools is not healthy for any race, creed, ethnic group, or culture.

yeh ok

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The myopic pursuit of name brand schools is not healthy for any race, creed, ethnic group, or culture.

yeh ok

tee hee. Might as well tell the wind to stop blowing.

[Anonymous]

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well, that and intensive test prepping, often starting in 6th grade

Actually in Kindergarten. Need to prep for the NNAT2. (And this year it will be online! )

Actually whites appear to be more obsessed about AAP than Asians and prepping for the AAP tests. Not content with just prepping, they have to file appeals paying to get the WISC scores they want until the right price is paid and gaming the system so that they will have the bragging rights how their kiddies are in AAP and thus smarter than the gen ed kiddies. So, the prepping actually begins earlier for white kiddies than Asian kiddies since the most of the Asian prepping is for TJ (High school) not for tests given in 2nd grade. It's more insane to be prepping kids in 2nd grade than kids in middle school.

Don't try to attribute all the prepping and gaming to Asians only.

So true HAHA!

+1000

[Anonymous]

Whites should just chill about AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"There's nothing particularly "American" about operating magnet high schools with restrictive admission policies that are mostly attended by first or second-generation Asian immigrants. Affording those children and all others a quality education would be considered an American value."

+100000

In America, there is a reason we do not have rote memorization as a way of life. It is not reasonable. This is not a dictatorship.

What a racist loser you are!
Are you implying Asians are automatically memorizors and pro-dictatorship?
With that kind of reasoning ability, no wonder your kids are dumb. Note that being dumb doesn't equal to being creative, which you racist dumb asses brainwash yourselves to believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"There's nothing particularly "American" about operating magnet high schools with restrictive admission policies that are mostly attended by first or second-generation Asian immigrants. Affording those children and all others a quality education would be considered an American value."

+100000

In America, there is a reason we do not have rote memorization as a way of life. It is not reasonable. This is not a dictatorship.

What a racist loser you are!
Are you implying Asians are automatically memorizors and pro-dictatorship?
With that kind of reasoning ability, no wonder your kids are dumb. Note that being dumb doesn't equal to being creative, which you racist dumb asses brainwash yourselves to believe.

You are assuming I am white and poor and stupid ("dumb")? Doesn't that make you racist? You are all of those, as you are incorrect on all counts, so the joke is on you.

Do you think the Chinese come here because they want to be dictators, or do you think the Chinese come here because they want to be dictated to?

[Anonymous]

Damn whites at it again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"There's nothing particularly "American" about operating magnet high schools with restrictive admission policies that are mostly attended by first or second-generation Asian immigrants. Affording those children and all others a quality education would be considered an American value."

+100000

In America, there is a reason we do not have rote memorization as a way of life. It is not reasonable. This is not a dictatorship.

What a racist loser you are!
Are you implying Asians are automatically memorizors and pro-dictatorship?
With that kind of reasoning ability, no wonder your kids are dumb. Note that being dumb doesn't equal to being creative, which you racist dumb asses brainwash yourselves to believe.

You are assuming I am white and poor and stupid ("dumb")? Doesn't that make you racist? You are all of those, as you are incorrect on all counts, so the joke is on you.

Do you think the Chinese come here because they want to be dictators, or do you think the Chinese come here because they want to be dictated to?

You're actually pretty dumb by assuming I was assuming you were white, which I wasn't. Being not white doesn't pre-exclude you from being racist. You know what I'm talking about (hopefully).

[Anonymous]

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what was historically beneficial for all of society has become a major cost to the middle class "graciousness of US immigration policies" has become a corporate subsidy, pushed by the upper 1%

we need to reduce all immigration until the middle class has recovered, excess immigration is taking american jobs. let people do their amazing work in the country they were born in russia, india or china.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/business/the-typical-household-now-worth-a-third-less.html?_r=0

Economic inequality in the United States has been receiving a lot of attention. But it’s not merely an issue of the rich getting richer. The typical American household has been getting poorer, too. The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical household was $87,992 in 2003. Ten years later, it was only $56,335, or a 36 percent decline, according to a study financed by the Russell Sage Foundation. Those are the figures for a household at the median point in the wealth distribution — the level at which there are an equal number of households whose worth is higher and lower. But during the same period, the net worth of wealthy households increased substantially.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haha, those above actually think more than 2-3 people per year are paying their kids' way into a university? And when those kids graduate, their parents are rich enough to start a business for them. So what? That is at the margins. What you have with TJ is first or second generation American families - scraping their way up from poverty when they had to flee their home country - with the brains and effort to excel enough to get in on academics alone. This is our story - our DC, non Asian, will be at TJ this year. DC's grandparents escaped Soviet Russia with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and survived, thanks to the graciousness of US immigration policies. This is the face (and fact) of TJ.

what was historically beneficial for all of society has become a major cost to the middle class "graciousness of US immigration policies" has become a corporate subsidy, pushed by the upper 1%

we need to reduce all immigration until the middle class has recovered, excess immigration is taking american jobs. let people do their amazing work in the country they were born in russia, india or china.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/business/the-typical-household-now-worth-a-third-less.html?_r=0

Economic inequality in the United States has been receiving a lot of attention. But it’s not merely an issue of the rich getting richer. The typical American household has been getting poorer, too. The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical household was $87,992 in 2003. Ten years later, it was only $56,335, or a 36 percent decline, according to a study financed by the Russell Sage Foundation. Those are the figures for a household at the median point in the wealth distribution — the level at which there are an equal number of households whose worth is higher and lower. But during the same period, the net worth of wealthy households increased substantially.

So you're saying it's okay for your ancestors to come to this land by looting and murdering the American Indians and it's not okay for us to immigrate to this land by legal and peaceful means? What a barbaric logic!

[Anonymous]

in order to balance the race, TJ will have to lower the standard for certain segments significantly. I don't know which is more fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in order to balance the race, TJ will have to lower the standard for certain segments significantly. I don't know which is more fair.

Affirmative action does not lower standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:in order to balance the race, TJ will have to lower the standard for certain segments significantly. I don't know which is more fair.

Affirmative action does not lower standards.

Yes it does.