The 50 smartest public high schools in the US

[Anonymous]

Some people believe that the best high-school educations come from private schools, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/smartest-public-schools-in-the-us-2015-4?op=1#ixzz3anB6uZO7

[Anonymous]

http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/551e8946eab8eabb58a43755-1200/1-thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology--annandale-virginia.jpg

This TJ picture confuses me..

How come not even 1% in the picture has asians, while more than 60% are asians at TJ..

Only White's play sports at TJ ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/551e8946eab8eabb58a43755-1200/1-thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology--annandale-virginia.jpg

This TJ picture confuses me..

How come not even 1% in the picture has asians, while more than 60% are asians at TJ..

Only White's play sports at TJ ?

Of course not, dear racist troll. That picture is of mostly seniors and some juniors from 2012 when the percentage of Asians in those classes was much lower than it is now.

[Anonymous]

What the article shows is that money can buy SAT prep. Just the CA HS alone in that list supports this, as all of those HS are in rich (and some predominately Asian) areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/551e8946eab8eabb58a43755-1200/1-thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology--annandale-virginia.jpg

This TJ picture confuses me..

How come not even 1% in the picture has asians, while more than 60% are asians at TJ..

Only White's play sports at TJ ?

Not only, but mostly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What the article shows is that money can buy SAT prep. Just the CA HS alone in that list supports this, as all of those HS are in rich (and some predominately Asian) areas.

Compared to even more expensive private schools and hand holding that more money buys??

[Anonymous]

Congratulations to TJ for being ranked number 1 in the country!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the article shows is that money can buy SAT prep. Just the CA HS alone in that list supports this, as all of those HS are in rich (and some predominately Asian) areas.

Compared to even more expensive private schools and hand holding that more money buys??

I'm thinking that the kids from the really expensive private schools probably don't think they need to study that hard because their parents' money will get them into some great college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/551e8946eab8eabb58a43755-1200/1-thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology--annandale-virginia.jpg

This TJ picture confuses me..

How come not even 1% in the picture has asians, while more than 60% are asians at TJ..

Only White's play sports at TJ ?

Not only, but mostly

Actually, good many Asians play sport at TJ.

[Anonymous]

The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

[Anonymous]

My son said that the blacks, hispanics, and whites mix it up pretty well at his college (in the cafeteria this is obvious). He said that the only group that keeps to itself is the Asian group.

What gives with that? Maybe that's why the others target them? When you keep to yourselves, it's hard for others to understand you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My son said that the blacks, hispanics, and whites mix it up pretty well at his college (in the cafeteria this is obvious). He said that the only group that keeps to itself is the Asian group.

What gives with that? Maybe that's why the others target them? When you keep to yourselves, it's hard for others to understand you.

As an Asian, I have friends of different races. But, I immigrated here as a 2 hr old, back in the 70's. From what I have observed of Asians, I think a lot of Asians stick to themselves because, in larger numbers, they are the newest immigrants in this country, and the culture is different than Western culture. I think if you give it 50 yrs or so, you will things change. The Asian people I know that are much more "westernized" have friends of different races. It's the 1st, and sometimes, 2nd generation Asian that mainly stick to themselves. But, I don't think this any different than when the Italians, Polish, Germans, etc.. first started to immigrate in larger numbers to the US. People tend to stick to what they know, what they are comfortable with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

Yes.

Dream. TJ was/is/has been great. Asians didn't " make " it anything...

[Anonymous]

We have the best high school in the country but too bad we don't have the best university in the country.