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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a rising Sophomore at TJHSST.  Here's the facts:  he works his tail off and is up very late at night doing homework.  The administration is EXTREMELY disorganized which makes me crazy.  So for those two reasons, I hate the school and cringe when I hear my other kids say they want to apply.  However, it is the perfect place for my son.  He is not Albert Einstein junior, he's just a smart kid with a real passion for tech (particularly computer science) and is loving all of the class options he can't get elsewhere (without doing dual enrollment).  He got in because he got lucky -- which is the case for every student there.  There are a lot of equally smart kids at schools other than TJ.  Would he be happy and do well at our local HS, absolutely!   Oh, and does he or do we care about the number of Asians there -- [b]truth be told I think it's benefitting him a lot to be in the minority (we're caucasian) for once.[/b] [/quote]

Can you expand on the bolded part above.  I'm not trying to stir anything up, but rather understand.  My DS is interested in applying (we're caucasian) and I'd like to understand this line of thinking more.  Thanks.[/quote]

Sorry -- just saw you posted wanting me to expand.  My point is that he's lived his whole life in the majority and never had to think about what it might be like to be a minority.  Now I know that being a minority for part of your day (while at school) is NOT the same as being a minority day in and day out for your whole life.  That said, I think it's opened his eyes to the "uncomfortableness" that can sometimes come with being a minority.  The kids at TJ poke fun at the minority thing all the time -- I saw a video they did that had asian students interviewing caucasian students asking them all the stupid questions that people in this country ask immigrants (e.g., where are you from originally?  wow, your English is so good! do your parents speak English?  how did you get a visa? . . . )  He's felt very welcomed there -- probably more so than minorities feel like at our neighborhood high school and I think my son sees this inequity much better now.[/quote]

Curious that you think that is funny not [b]racist.[/b][/quote]

Racist? Why? I'm Asian but I am not offended by the post. [/quote]

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