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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Friend’s son left TJ. What to say when we meet?

Saying ‘I’m sorry’ feels wrong.

Asking why, also feels wrong.

Saying nothing also feels wrong.

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My kid left too.  Asking where they went is appropriate.  If they want to talk they will elaborate.

My kid was a straight A student and had trouble with the peers.  She saw rampant cheating and bragging/lying about grades was based on pure lack of integrity.  It wasn't a good fit.  Most of the kids don't have any social skills, which combined with the lack of integrity made it difficult for her to find a solid group of friends.  I also didn't like the parents.  I felt they were overbearing, pushy, braggy (like their kids), and lacked social skills.  She went back to private school that screens these kids out. They are smart, no doubt, but they don't have what it takes to be really successful outside an academic environment - which is what we, as parents, are training them for.[/quote]

I'll take things that didn't happen for $800 Alex.

You don't even have a high school kid.  And certainly not a straight A TJ kid.

It's not like elementary school where all the parents get to know each other.[/quote]

Right.... hard to imagine that not everyone thinks like you.  Lemme guess OP is a troll in your mind.  OR, maybe there is many good students leaving TJ for the same reason my kid did.  Certainly, I know many outstanding kids who didn't apply.[/quote]

It's hard to imagine parents spending that much time together and it's especially hard imagining TJ parents being "braggy" about their TJ freshmen.

This is just somebody that wants to accuse TJ kids of cheating and TJ parents of being horrible people.  They want to explain to themselves why their kid isn't getting good grades (because everybody else cheats) and why their kids are less accomplished (because other parents their kids like who projects).[/quote]

What would these parents even brag about?

There are kids at TJ winning regeneron awards, qualifying for USAMO and going to MOP camp, academic Olympiads, national debate and writing achievements.  Are there enough TJ freshman that are accomplished enough to create a cadre of "braggy" parents in THAT environment?[/quote]

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