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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The admit rate Asians is twice that of whites. All non-Asians need to get off the sports fields and get to Sunshine school if we want to increase our chances![/quote]

Do you have any statistics as how many Sunshine Academy student makes it to TJ? These are american kids admitted to American school, why bring race in to the picture?[/quote]

I apologise for my comment. It was snarky but  not intended to be racist or anti immigrant. Someone said that if blacks and Hispanics studied more, they would get in. I looked at the numbers and saw that Asians get in at a much higher rate than the rest. Perhaps in order to increase our chances we should be doing what some in the Asian demographic are doing instead of whining about not getting in.[/quote]

Agree.[/quote]

Most disadvantaged black or Hispanic kids can't afford Sunshine Academy, Kumon, robotics camps, STEM camps, etc.  Also, many white parents don't see the value of this extreme emphasis on sending kids to academic schools/camps 24/7.  TJ is what it is.  You need to be bright, but you also need extra curriculars that most URMs aren't in a financial position to be involved in.  FCPS has great courses available in all its schools, so I'm really not concerned with whether TJ has high URM numbers.  I'm concerned about whether the kids in lower income areas of FCPS are given a good academic foundation starting in K.   My DC is in AAP, breezed through Algebra 1 and Geometry in MS, but had no interest in TJ and didn't apply.  I'm ok with that. I'm also equally ok with Asian families who value TJ.  To each his own.  One Fairfax should not be about trying to change TJ, or demonizing Asian families.  [/quote]

Separate but equal didn't work in the past, and separate and unequal shouldn't be carried forward in the future. TJ makes a mockery of One Fairfax.[/quote]

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