Going to TJ doesn't guarantee success

[Anonymous]

Here’s proof of this theory:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Know where most of the TJ kids go to college? NOVA.

Making things up again. What is wrong with you people!!!

Should not say most. Not majority, but plurality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0

????? This story is about a woman who was sexually assaulted. What proof??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Know where most of the TJ kids go to college? NOVA.

Making things up again. What is wrong with you people!!!

Should not say most. Not majority, but plurality.

Just did the math on the class of 2017. Just over 400 college destinations reported.....hmmmm....what about the others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Know where most of the TJ kids go to college? NOVA.

Making things up again. What is wrong with you people!!!

Should not say most. Not majority, but plurality.

No TJ kids went NOVA last year. Not a single one. If that’s what you mean by most, then your are correct.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/649621.page

[Anonymous]

Why do people respond to this nonsense?

[Anonymous]

Do the math....add up the numbers. Missing quite a few.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0

????? This story is about a woman who was sexually assaulted. What proof??

I’d you read the whole article, she’s crazy. She’s a tj grad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0

How is this article relevant to this thread? did girl go to TJ? Are you saying girls that go to TJ are psycho? What's your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do the math....add up the numbers. Missing quite a few.....

Go to the TJ today list linked in the second post. There were about 10 kids who got missed by whomever put the list up. None of whom went to MOVA. Besides that, they are all there. It’s okay. There is no TJ NOVA conspiracy.

[Anonymous]

There are only just over 400 in the list - even adding ten means some are missing....hmmmmm....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0

????? This story is about a woman who was sexually assaulted. What proof??

I’d you read the whole article, she’s crazy. She’s a tj grad.

That is a very sad article about a very disturbed girl and an extremely immature and socially incompetent young man. That has zero to do with TJHSST.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure where you are getting 7 hours a day? I have never heard this, and my kid attends. I think it can hit 4-5 at peak times. But if your kid stays on task and stays on top of things like major projects over the weekend, 3 should be fine during the school week.

Of course, it depends on your expectations of your kid. If they must take AP everything junior year, and your kid has to be in the top 10% of the class etc, maybe it would take 7 hours junior year. But freshman and probably sophomore year? Any kid spend 7 hours is gunning to be in the top 10 graduates and is overpreparing, or is not using time efficiently. There are plenty of top students who play 2-3 sports a year. Or March in the band and crew, which is a huge time suck.

I respect your decision to send you kid to Langley. It sounds like a good choice in your case for your kid. But even at TJ, the 7 hours a night thing is just silly.

My kid is not very smart but he makes up for it with hard work and his tiger's mom. He already spends 4 hours a day with homework and math/reading/writing tutoring in MS @Cooper MS. Because of a lot of private tutoring, he is able to get accepted into TJ because of my "tiger's mom" wife. TJ is for people with the combination of "smart" and "hard work". You need to have both. Unfortunately, my son does not have the "smart" so 7 hours a day of school assignment seems about right.

I am being realistic about it. want to him to have a life outside of academic. Going to Langley and be on the varsity swim and golf team will be good for him without the stress of TJ. attend a good D-II college, play golf in college and become a productive member of society. That's important to me.

I have nothing but respect for students @TJ.

It's "tiger mom", not "tiger's mom".

Stop insulting your wife with title mom calling. It is not funny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0

????? This story is about a woman who was sexually assaulted. What proof??

I’d you read the whole article, she’s crazy. She’s a tj grad.

Please tell me every high school in America has perfect little girls and only crazy goes to TJ. This is what you are implying, that everyone at base school is normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0

????? This story is about a woman who was sexually assaulted. What proof??

I’d you read the whole article, she’s crazy. She’s a tj grad.

That is a very sad article about a very disturbed girl and an extremely immature and socially incompetent young man. That has zero to do with TJHSST.

The point was that the post said going to tj doesn’t guarantee success. The article shows that’s true.