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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, what kind of crazy parent wants the best possible opportunity for their kids?[/quote]

+1  I wish people would stop hating on the hard working kids trying to get in the best high school in the country and their parents that support them in this effort.[/quote]

I would be more sympathetic to the kids if I thought it was the kids desire and not the parents desire. I understand that the kid has to do the work but I am not so certain that many of these kids are so driven by their STEM interest at 11 and 12 that they have been asking to take extra math and prep classes and all the other extras that I see listed. I feel the same way about kids who parents are driven by their kid having to get into an Ivy League school. I feel the same way about kids in travel sports who really don't want to be in travel sports but their parents are desperate for a scholarship.

There are kids who are that driven at a young age but they are pretty rare. There are kids with a ton of talent whose parents spend a lot of time and money on developing that talent. Some kids enjoy but a lot don't.

There is a fine line between encouraging your kid and providing them with opportunities and forcing your dreams and desires on your kid. A good number of TJ parents cross that line, I know a few who have done just that. [/quote]

You're projecting your thoughts.  You don't even know the kids.

And yes, there is an entire organization of TJ kids that are against the changes.  Are the parents forcing the high schoolers too?

Just because you can't wrap your head around differences, that are sometimes cultural, and you want tarnish what's different from you as bad- does not mean you are right my dear white savior.

- Parent without kids even remotely interested in TJ yet am able to understand and embrace that we are all different

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