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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in this area but didn't attend TJ.  I got really close to the cutoff score but it's a good thing I didn't make it in, I would have drowned, my work ethic was not nearly good enough.  I had several friends attend and I don't remember any of them complaining about it.  This was back in the mid-late 90's.  I've seen the TJ rants Facebook page, and it is somewhat depressing.  I'm not sure if it was that page or somewhere else, but I heard some story about a teacher letting students decide what was on tests, or grade each other, or something along those lines which devolved into purposely keeping some students down while lifting others up.  Might be getting the facts off some, but it was something like that.

Anyway, it is a nice thing to strive for, but perspective is needed.  McLean, Langley, Madison, Oakton, Marshall...these are all top schools by national standards, I know many of them frequently appear on those National "Top XXX" lists.  This isn't my idea of a consolation prize, this is still a great education regardless.

Same with AAP.  Our kids attend a center school though they are too young to have approached the AAP/non AAP decision.  But as above, it seems to me that Gen Ed in this area is still better than the education in 99.5% of elementary schools nationwide, so the kids have a leg up just by living here, regardless of which academic track they follow.[/quote]

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