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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spouse went to TJ in the 90s, and I went to a private school in the same time frame.  Test scores at my private school were probably comparable to TJ.  Years later, it's been interesting to see the professional success of our peers.  The TJ kids have done well, but my private school peers have done better.  Our kids are in private school and will remain there.  If you can afford it, the social advantages of private school last a lifetime. Also, my spouse's TJ peers have generally opted for private school too.  Their choice is telling.  [/quote]

I call BS. TJ Class of 1988 was the first selective admission group.  People in that group are now mid-40s.  I was high school class of 1992 (not TJ), so I am about your spouse's age.  I had my 1st DC when I was 27.  By DMV standards, I was a teen mother-- like shock the conscious young (IRL, I had been married for several years, and had been working with a grad degree. Also not living I. The DMV).  That kid is a freshman at TJ.   Many people my age in the DMV have kids still in diapers-- or are trying to get pregnant.  Almost no one who graduated with your spouse has children old enough that they are considering whether to apply to TJ vs strong public HS vs private.  And deciding TJ vs private is very different than third rate, GS 2 public elementary school vs private.  You don't yet know whether TJ alums will have kids attend. Although I do know an alum from one of the first classes who just had a child start, so, it is possible.

Also, admissions and academic standards during TJ's first decade and admissions and academic standards today are totally different.  TJ class of 1990 graduated from a quirky experimental magnet program, not an internationally recognized academic powerhouse.

But you keep telling yourself you have a better education than your spouse, and feeling superior to him/her. I bet they love you for looking down on them.  The value of a TJ diploma has grown since the 1990s though. I bet today people are most impressed with your speuse's HS pedigree than yours. [/quote]

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