TJ teachers

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone doing pre-calculus does not make them exceptional. More often than not, it is due to tiger parenting, paid coaching. If the kid is truly exceptional, top 1% TJ or not, they would thrive. The aim is to provide more equity and provide level field to kids across NoVA.

Merely taking pre-calculus in 8th isn't exceptional. Earning straight As in all of Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-Calc is exceptional for an 8th grader. Many kids who sailed through Algebra I struggle later in Geometry, Algebra II, or pre-calc. The straight A kid isn't one of those and is likely to thrive with TJ math.

Also, in FCPS, the kids taking pre-calc in 8th are few and far between.

Do you realize that the 8th graders doing precalculus are almost 100% likely to have gotten As in all their math classes? Otherwise they wouldn't be doing precalc in 8th, duh.

Do you think it has anything to do with spending so much on outside enrichment?

It probably also has to do with most Asian parents have graduate degrees and can kick school teachers’ butts in math and other STEM subjects.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone doing pre-calculus does not make them exceptional. More often than not, it is due to tiger parenting, paid coaching. If the kid is truly exceptional, top 1% TJ or not, they would thrive. The aim is to provide more equity and provide level field to kids across NoVA.

Merely taking pre-calculus in 8th isn't exceptional. Earning straight As in all of Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-Calc is exceptional for an 8th grader. Many kids who sailed through Algebra I struggle later in Geometry, Algebra II, or pre-calc. The straight A kid isn't one of those and is likely to thrive with TJ math.

Also, in FCPS, the kids taking pre-calc in 8th are few and far between.

Do you realize that the 8th graders doing precalculus are almost 100% likely to have gotten As in all their math classes? Otherwise they wouldn't be doing precalc in 8th, duh.

Do you think it has anything to do with spending so much on outside enrichment?

It probably also has to do with most Asian parents have graduate degrees and can kick school teachers’ butts in math and other STEM subjects.

Many if not most of the TJ stem teachers have phds. Most of them are good. My kids think the the rigor and depth of TJ was fundamental for college.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone doing pre-calculus does not make them exceptional. More often than not, it is due to tiger parenting, paid coaching. If the kid is truly exceptional, top 1% TJ or not, they would thrive. The aim is to provide more equity and provide level field to kids across NoVA.

Merely taking pre-calculus in 8th isn't exceptional. Earning straight As in all of Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-Calc is exceptional for an 8th grader. Many kids who sailed through Algebra I struggle later in Geometry, Algebra II, or pre-calc. The straight A kid isn't one of those and is likely to thrive with TJ math.

Also, in FCPS, the kids taking pre-calc in 8th are few and far between.

Do you realize that the 8th graders doing precalculus are almost 100% likely to have gotten As in all their math classes? Otherwise they wouldn't be doing precalc in 8th, duh.

Do you think it has anything to do with spending so much on outside enrichment?

It probably also has to do with most Asian parents have graduate degrees and can kick school teachers’ butts in math and other STEM subjects.

Yikes! Stop the nonsense.

I am an Asian. I found TJ teachers are absolutely amazing. Forget the labs or classes, I would say teachers are I think one of the most important parts of what makes TJ special.

DC concurs. Even subjects that did not interest DC much, were very interesting at TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone doing pre-calculus does not make them exceptional. More often than not, it is due to tiger parenting, paid coaching. If the kid is truly exceptional, top 1% TJ or not, they would thrive. The aim is to provide more equity and provide level field to kids across NoVA.

Merely taking pre-calculus in 8th isn't exceptional. Earning straight As in all of Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-Calc is exceptional for an 8th grader. Many kids who sailed through Algebra I struggle later in Geometry, Algebra II, or pre-calc. The straight A kid isn't one of those and is likely to thrive with TJ math.

Also, in FCPS, the kids taking pre-calc in 8th are few and far between.

Do you realize that the 8th graders doing precalculus are almost 100% likely to have gotten As in all their math classes? Otherwise they wouldn't be doing precalc in 8th, duh.

Do you think it has anything to do with spending so much on outside enrichment?

It probably also has to do with most Asian parents have graduate degrees and can kick school teachers’ butts in math and other STEM subjects.

Many if not most of the TJ stem teachers have phds. Most of them are good. My kids think the the rigor and depth of TJ was fundamental for college.

The enrichment would have been before the kids got to TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone from Loudoun would schlep to TJ now if they can attend AOS, especially given the declining rigor of TJ. It will take a few years to be documented but it’s not fiercely committed to excellence any longer. It’s just kind of…there.

Some kids may want the full high school.
Many who get into TJ did not get admitted to AOS or AET.
TJ offers more opportunities than AOS/AET in math and science classes. Some students can get calculus sooner by declining AOS where you will not get until 11th grade.
At TJ you can take in 9th grade if you are good enough.

AOS and AET have very set curriculum. There is not much flexibility if the kid changes their mind later. Also there's no math tracking at AOS/AET. The whole cohort follows the same math curriculum. Other than the long commute from Loudoun, TJ is a much better option as compared to AOS/AET.

The other challenge with AOS and AET, for me, is that they're not high schools. They're academies. As such, when you go back to your base school, you're not getting to take humanities classes with TJ students and TJ teachers. Maybe they're honors or AP classes, and that's fine, but there's a huge difference between learning, say, The Grapes of Wrath with TJ students as opposed to the goons on the Briar Woods football team.

This is an incredibly offensive, elitist, and depressing post. The goons on the football team? Shame on you.

I think this is accurate, since it is not talking about the entire team, just the goons on the team.
They are definitely there, because I saw one of their practices. The coach at one point was yelling, 'Just how dumb can one person be?'

Yet you think it appropriate to talk about CHILDREN in such a way as to call them goons?

Maybe they were making brainless moves on the football field the day you saw their practice. So what? How do you know that those CHILDREN don't possess outstanding literary analysis skills, aren't brilliant mathematicians, don't have phenomenal talents in the kitchen, aren't highly-empathtic people who will make a great impact on this world, or won't be the person who unlocks the key to bettering our world?

How would you feel if someone called your kid a goon?

You may not like it, but the goon statement is statistically accurate. There is a probability between 1/1000 and 1/100 of those traits actually existing on the football field.

Maybe not as brilliant as said above, but my high school had several football players taking all top level classes. One went to Ivy(and a top Ivy at that).