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[quote=Anonymous]I sent an ADHD kid with a 504 through TJ.  He loved it. We tolerated it. I’m glad he did it and I’m glad it’s over. I’d say no way for your kid because:

1.  Getting many accommodations is a fight. Extra time on tests is fine.  But, accommodations that touch on less work or less rigor are just not available. Extensions on turning work in have no practical point because there is so much work. You just end up further and further behind.

2.  Doesn’t write well sends chills up my spine. You kid won’t just have to absorb material fast, he’ll have to write a lot and at a high level— both scientific writing and for English. Freshman year, grades in three major classes will be largely based on his IBET paper. . My TJ kid is now in college.  I’ll talk to him at 9 pm and he is very blasé about cranking out “only 1000 words” before bed. And the grading is strict.

3.  He like to work hard. By junior year, my kid was up until 2 working many nights, then back up at 6:30.  The workload is killer.

4.  TJ runs on group projects. Most projects are no individual. If your kid can’t work well in groups, it’s going to be a huge problem.  The teacher will flunk him and give the rest of the group a B+ if he doesn’t pull his weight.

IDK what “minority” your kid is, so can’t comment on that. I would say my kid did not have an HfA diagnosis, but definitely had some the qualities, like rigidity, difficulty with transition and socially awkward. There’s even a term at TJ for boys with these qualities: members of the marching band/ drama department. He was much better off socially at TJ than he would have been at our base school (where his sibling went).

Your kid sounds like a terrible fit. [/quote]

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