TJ vs the Big 3
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Anonymous
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A brief summary of some grads now out in the workforce from online info, just to further dispel the "widgets" and "coding" stereotypes:
owner of a trendy DC restaurant Female Associate Professor of Philosophy at large state University Supreme Court clerk, now lawyer at large DC firm CEO of charity that uses soccer to engage in outreach with child soldiers and other disadvantaged youth all over the world Novelist now working on a TV pilot regarding Los Alamos Principal Horn of a very large symphony Foreign Service officer in South America Broadway singer/actor Professor of public health at a large state university, running large study of sleep in teenagers Female Olympic Gold Medalist MD, worked with HIV patients in Africa & NY, White House Fellow focused on public health issues involving returning veterans from Iraq, Professor of Public Health, and creator of a nonprofit which has produced an award winning (Sundance & Berlin film festivals) movie about how the practice of abducting women for marriage in Ethiopia was outlawed Libertarian Senate candidate Hollywood screenwriter Disney science/technology guru First woman to command a US Coast Guard ship in a combat zone (also White House fellow, with masters degree in Public Policy) Air Force Captain awarded a Silver Star MD/Ph.D. geneticist who discovered and mapped an X-linked disorder TJ couple that has moved family off the grid in Hawaii to homestead Stanford Physics Professor and recipient of Sloan Research Fellowship given to “the most promising scientific researchers working today” whose “achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders.” Singer/Songwriter touring the US Officer of nonprofit involved in freedom of music Homeland Security legal expert Expert in privacy issues and policy |
Anonymous
| Also 8 Rhodes scholars! |
Anonymous
Only a quarter of that sample are involved in science or engineering. Is that representative? |
Anonymous
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Strikes me that the list indicates that TJHSST seems to losing some of its focus on science and technology. (By the way, there are 3 former Supreme Court clerks and 2 ambassadors on my block) I think Vern Williams, a very well respected math educator, is right when he complains that TJ is trying to just be an exclusive high school for prestige seeking families who don't want to pay for private school or admit black and hispanic students. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/27/AR2011022704827.html
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Anonymous
| Strikes me you are just bragging about your block? |
Anonymous
| PP here - I deliberately excluded the traditional math/science alums that there was quickly accessible info about online, because I was trying to make the point that the school is not just "widgets" and "coding." Point is that it is a good, all around, education (not somehow deficient compared to Big 3) and the students go on to do many different things. But there are many who have started software, database, etc. firms in Silicon Valley and around DC. I know several MDs (surgeons and internists). Etc. However, I am sure that further comments will just incite more negativity because people seem to like TJ bashing about as much as some others like Big 3 bashing. So be it. |
Anonymous
| The rich whites hate on tj cause they can't get in using money |
Anonymous
| The number of people who have the enormous amount of money it would take to influence admissions decisions at any area school is tiny. (The number of such people who are white is even smaller, although the reference to race was gratuitous.). I think any negative views of TJ are almost certainly due to something other than that. |
Anonymous
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I'd bet that 99% of parents in the DC area have never heard of the Big 3. And only a tiny portion of TJ families could afford $35k/year tuition. If your child is smart enough to get in and you are wealthy enough to consider both options and live in Virginia then you pick the school that fits best. That's what I call a first world problem and no one is terribly troubled by how hard the choice is in your head, since you can't go wrong either way.
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Anonymous
Yay Mandu!! |
Anonymous
The vast majority of these are from my class. Go class of '94!! We just had our 20 year reunion, so I'm assuming a classmate gleaned this info from the copious FB postings. There are also many, many doctors, research scientists and engineers to add to this list, as well as teachers, yoga instructors and stay home parents. Such a smart, interesting group of people. |
Anonymous
Exactly. First world problem. Can't go wrong with either. |
Anonymous
Name these schools that you are so sick of that are not admitting gifted Asian or white kids so a mediocre Hispanic child can be a token. And do you mean try a little harder or go to the Asian run prep classes. |
Anonymous
OP, what you are sharing should guide you and also I'd be pretty content with the TJ choice. Yet, for reasons unknown here you on this forum with one brag alert after the next . So much so that one has to ask : what are you missing in life that you find it necessary to engage in this. pretty sad . |
Anonymous
| +1 PP. Between OP's insufferable, passive aggressive humble rags and the class of 94 TJ alums whose reflections we all get to bask in, not to mention the legendary Tiger Mom preppers, it's good to know that there's a community of public school parents and students who are every bit the smug, entitled people "big 3" parents and alums are reputed to be. |