
+1 Exactly. Keep the 1.5% bit fix now those kids age picked within a school. Perhaps slotting slightly more seats for AAP centers. |
It would really be better at this point just to shut down the magnet program at TJ. |
This. This is what they should have done back in 2020. |
I would strongly suggest you education yourself on bias in the identification of gifted students. |
DP. I am all in favor of sending gifted and unmotivated or underperforming or unrecognized students to AAP. But TJ is a different story. It's a school for gifted and motivated kids, the unmotivated gifted kids would not be in the right place there. |
Why? |
Sure. Only been around them for my entire life. But again, we’re not just talking about gifted students here - we’re talking about students who would make the strongest and most positive total impacts to the TJ community as a group, rather than as individuals. |
It is has been empirically established that Asians are rated relatively lower on “group contribution” at Harvard and other places. The Supreme Court will decide whether these proxies for discrimination will pass muster. |
Yeah, you definitely need to educate yourself. It’s not about “unmotivated” students. Your casual racism is gross. |
For AAP admissions, the point of universal testing is to objectively find the unrecognized gifted kids. The problem (aside from prepping) is that the number of unrecognized URM kids isn't as high as some people want to see. So there must be some kind of flaw with the test, rather than a flaw with assumptions. |
You are actually going to play the “some minority groups just aren’t as smart” card? I’m guessing you’d be pretty offended if someone raised you a “some minority groups are just robots with no interests or contributions outside of STEM and violin grinding.” |
Of course, but fortunately race isn't a factor for TJ admissions since it's a race blind process so the SCOTUS decision is irrelevant. |
That has been used millions of times and it lost its value. |
Anyone making such a claim is delusional, or just unable to grasp that no IQ test is perfect. Factors like wealth, privilege and culture confer an advantage. |
It was designed and implemented to reduce Asian students at TJ. We won't have to wait long for SCOTUs to tell us. ![]() |