I’m so glad TJ is more inclusive!

[Anonymous]

Can’t say what it was like before but my 9th grader is loving it. She loves the diversity of kids she’s meeting. She loves the team mentality, the lack of judgmental cliques and the inclusiveness of kids around her. She loves that everyone cares about school. TJ is more diverse than her base school would have been. She sees that as a positive.

[Anonymous]

I am glad your 9th grader is loving it! TJ is a great school and my older kids have really enjoyed their experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t say what it was like before but my 9th grader is loving it. She loves the diversity of kids she’s meeting. She loves the team mentality, the lack of judgmental cliques and the inclusiveness of kids around her. She loves that everyone cares about school. TJ is more diverse than her base school would have been. She sees that as a positive.

This is so great to hear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t say what it was like before but my 9th grader is loving it. She loves the diversity of kids she’s meeting. She loves the team mentality, the lack of judgmental cliques and the inclusiveness of kids around her. She loves that everyone cares about school. TJ is more diverse than her base school would have been. She sees that as a positive.

This is so great to hear!

It really seems to be healing the place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t say what it was like before but my 9th grader is loving it. She loves the diversity of kids she’s meeting. She loves the team mentality, the lack of judgmental cliques and the inclusiveness of kids around her. She loves that everyone cares about school. TJ is more diverse than her base school would have been. She sees that as a positive.

This is so great to hear!

It really seems to be healing the place.

Going to take a lot of time. Really want to see if the older classes are open to a change in tone.

[Anonymous]

"Erin" isn't going to shut up any time soon. God, that woman is such an insufferable troll.

[Anonymous]

The 9th graders are gelling and having a blast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, China keeps cranking out engineers and isn’t lowering the bar for admission.


But, China doesn't have a diversity issue. Everyone is Asian.

Possibly the dumbest comment on this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The one constant is how self-congratulatory TJ parents are, whether we really need a TJ or whether their kids deserve to be there or not. Some of the new kids may not prepared, but the parents will hit the ground running.

There are some cultures where accomplishments of the children are first and foremost celebrated as accomplishments of the family. You can find this on Facebook when a student announces a college acceptance and the relatives rush in to congratulate "the family".

In the case of TJ, altogether too often over the years this is an accurate assessment as success in the application process is frequently owing to the parents' enthusiasm rather than the students'.

Such a nasty take. What's wrong in family being congratulated. It is important to have a supportive environment. On average isn't it better to have two parent, encouraging parents for kids? Doesn't having 2/3 of single parent families in a community not impact kids who may otherwise perform much better? Parents make sacrifices for their kids education and futures. That is good for society and needs to be congratulated. Not looked down upon. I am sorry if the original poster had a bad family environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t say what it was like before but my 9th grader is loving it. She loves the diversity of kids she’s meeting. She loves the team mentality, the lack of judgmental cliques and the inclusiveness of kids around her. She loves that everyone cares about school. TJ is more diverse than her base school would have been. She sees that as a positive.

This is so great to hear!

It really seems to be healing the place.

Nope, it was already a great place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t say what it was like before but my 9th grader is loving it. She loves the diversity of kids she’s meeting. She loves the team mentality, the lack of judgmental cliques and the inclusiveness of kids around her. She loves that everyone cares about school. TJ is more diverse than her base school would have been. She sees that as a positive.

This is so great to hear!

+1 That's been our experience too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t say what it was like before but my 9th grader is loving it. She loves the diversity of kids she’s meeting. She loves the team mentality, the lack of judgmental cliques and the inclusiveness of kids around her. She loves that everyone cares about school. TJ is more diverse than her base school would have been. She sees that as a positive.

This is so great to hear!

It really seems to be healing the place.

Nope, it was already a great place.

Yes but far less toxic now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The one constant is how self-congratulatory TJ parents are, whether we really need a TJ or whether their kids deserve to be there or not. Some of the new kids may not prepared, but the parents will hit the ground running.

There are some cultures where accomplishments of the children are first and foremost celebrated as accomplishments of the family. You can find this on Facebook when a student announces a college acceptance and the relatives rush in to congratulate "the family".

In the case of TJ, altogether too often over the years this is an accurate assessment as success in the application process is frequently owing to the parents' enthusiasm rather than the students'.

Such a nasty take. What's wrong in family being congratulated. It is important to have a supportive environment. On average isn't it better to have two parent, encouraging parents for kids? Doesn't having 2/3 of single parent families in a community not impact kids who may otherwise perform much better? Parents make sacrifices for their kids education and futures. That is good for society and needs to be congratulated. Not looked down upon. I am sorry if the original poster had a bad family environment.

No one is looking down upon parents making sacrifices for their children. It is wrong to expect congratulations for doing so - it's your job.

It's also problematic to assume that when a child succeeds, it is the result of a supportive environment at home. There are hundreds of kids at TJ who would tell you that their environments at home are anything but "supportive" and "encouraging" - and we shouldn't presume that a child cannot succeed without a traditional nuclear family arrangement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More inclusive, less prestigious. That’s the choice they made.

More inclusive makes it more prestigious. When schools are more inclusive they rank much higher. Bet the matriculation looks better in about 5 years than it has in the recent years.

I don't think you understand what the word "prestigious" means

[Anonymous]

More inclusive means, "We lower our standards so as to appease the Diversity gestapo. Mediocrity over Merit!"