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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]can you share your experiences of sending your child to TJ.

Did your student stay up late to study for long hours? yes, many many nights up until 2AM
Was the commute to the school tiring and time consuming? Did the student study on the bus to make best use of commute time? Not so long; it would have helped if we could have driven him. He mostly talked in the bus
what parent intervention did you do for : bad grades, sick days, too much work load days... he is sick a lot
Did work load leave any time for hobbies? if so can you mention the hobbies? no. plays on a sports team.
How often did you have to look for a tutor for hard subjects? on and off -- some of the teachers are not great
How did you support your TJ student as a family? did you offer help to pack their lunch, do their chores? do his chores, make lunch to carry in
What was the most valuable elective/class/after school club that your child ever took in TJ that helped them the most? sports. don't really have time for a lot of ex c
was the whole experience over whelming or better than what you thought? compared to base school better. Compared to private, worse.

Those are just some opening questions.
If you all don't mind, can you share your experiences/advice.

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I think the days of all the geek you can be are over at TJ. Now it is all the driven you can be. There are quite a few wealthy families at TJ who are aiming high for their DCs.[/quote]

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