Steps to go to TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

Seriously, now a group that comprises 20% of the county only makes up 50% of the student body. Obviously clear racism

It is evident that the Coalition 4 TJ folks believe that there are clear structural issues that are baked into legislation that - even though their intent may not be racist on their face - have a disparate impact on a racial group that they believe needs to be resolved.

In other words, the Coalition 4 TJ is engaging in Critical Race Theory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

It was very close to 80%, but a large portion of the 80% included Indian-American students, until a radicalized school board decided to hate on hard-working, accomplished Asian/Indian students.

The school board even admitted to their racism and bigotry in emails obtained through discovery in the lawsuit.

The current school board are racist bigots.

[Anonymous]

In the ethnicity questionnaire, tell your kids to choose 1, 3, 4, or 7. NEVER EVER #2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

True.

The democrats in FFX county are 100% responsible for this anti-Asian, anti-Indian bigotry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rushing into AoPS at age 6 seems like overkill.

While I concur with this. I will note that our 5yo has been bored to tears (literally cries that the K 'math isn't hard enough') so we bought the online Beast Academy by AoPS that we do together from time to time, and it is much more on her level. So a + for beast academy/AoPS, but that said, I agree with PP that you don't want to push this unless it's something your kid legit wants/needs.

Also, somewhere upthread someone noted that some people knew that a kid was going to be a TJ kid, but they were multiple levels above grade level at an early age. Again, my Ker is doing 2/3rd math, and there's no way I could predict if she'd be TJ material at this age. So much can change, kids can lose interest, kid might be more interested in something else than STEM, or kid might just want to stay at base school for any # of factors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rushing into AoPS at age 6 seems like overkill.

While I concur with this. I will note that our 5yo has been bored to tears (literally cries that the K 'math isn't hard enough') so we bought the online Beast Academy by AoPS that we do together from time to time, and it is much more on her level. So a + for beast academy/AoPS, but that said, I agree with PP that you don't want to push this unless it's something your kid legit wants/needs.

Also, somewhere upthread someone noted that some people knew that a kid was going to be a TJ kid, but they were multiple levels above grade level at an early age. Again, my Ker is doing 2/3rd math, and there's no way I could predict if she'd be TJ material at this age. So much can change, kids can lose interest, kid might be more interested in something else than STEM, or kid might just want to stay at base school for any # of factors.

I remember the month BA online came out. The lowest content at the time was for 3rd grade, and DC had started 3rd that same month. They got through most of the 5th-grade material that year but even 3 years later they often refer back to some of the chapters. When DC was in K, I remember they managed to finish K-3 Splash math in a few weeks. Their younger sibling is similar, but I will probably hold off on the 2nd grade BA content until sometime in 2nd grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I have a first grader who DH thinks is something special. He keeps telling me that he thinks DS will go to TJ. Is that something you can tell in first grade? DS is over a year ahead in both math and reading but I think this is fairly common in FCPS. I homeschooled him in kindergarten to avoid DL so I don’t have any input from that year - and I really didn’t know what I was doing.

What are the steps to go to TJ? It’s high school, I believe, but I saw another poster mentioned AAP was helpful for math.

Does anyone have any experience with having one TJ kid and one regular HS kid?

There are counselors at Curie you should confer with. I'm sure they could help you for a fee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

It was very close to 80%, but a large portion of the 80% included Indian-American students, until a radicalized school board decided to hate on hard-working, accomplished Asian/Indian students.

The school board even admitted to their racism and bigotry in emails obtained through discovery in the lawsuit.

The current school board are racist bigots.

Kind of I mean as far as it can be race-based without knowing an applicant's race since race-based admissions are illegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

You meant to say when it was based on prepping, right? The evidences are out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

It was very close to 80%, but a large portion of the 80% included Indian-American students, until a radicalized school board decided to hate on hard-working, accomplished Asian/Indian students.

The school board even admitted to their racism and bigotry in emails obtained through discovery in the lawsuit.

The current school board are racist bigots.

The ones who were hard-working at Curie and other prep centers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

Seriously, now a group that comprises 20% of the county only makes up 50% of the student body. Obviously clear racism

It is evident that the Coalition 4 TJ folks believe that there are clear structural issues that are baked into legislation that - even though their intent may not be racist on their face - have a disparate impact on a racial group that they believe needs to be resolved.

In other words, the Coalition 4 TJ is engaging in Critical Race Theory.

I never thought of it that way, but this is 100% spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over 70% was when it was merit based admissions. Now it’s race based admissions and checking the Asian box will mean you are doomed!

True.

The democrats in FFX county are 100% responsible for this anti-Asian, anti-Indian bigotry.

From what most of you are saying, it’s anti-White too.