Reply to Press Release on 2022 TJ Admissions

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "Press Release on 2022 TJ Admissions "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Highlights are that TJ received over 250 more applications this year, the percentage of admits from FCPS increased from 65.6% for Class of 2021 to 71.9% for Class of 2022, and the percentage of Asian admits dropped from 74.9% for Class of 2021 to 65.2% for Class of 2022.  There was also a significant increase (from 8 to 23) in the number of Hispanic students admitted, but not Black students.

https://www.fcps.edu/news/tjhsst-offers-admission-485-students-class-2022
[/quote]

Honestly, I don't understand why race has to factor in where academics and merits are the criteria for admission!![/quote]

Because diversity adds to the educational experience. [/quote]

How so?

I can understand the equity argument but how does it help the high school educational experience to have racial diversity?

Different backgrounds means different points of view in class discussions. Having to work with kids from different backgrounds on group projects (and there are a lot at TJ). You know, like in the real world.

[/quote][/quote]

That sounds like an article of faith.  How does having kids of different colored skin improve a project?

In the real world who will their peers be?  And why would going to school with African Americans make you more or less capable of working with African Americans in the real world.  Scientists have been working across national and cultural borders for decades, they speak a common language of science and math and I have never seen a working group break down because of a lack of early life exposure to other cultures and races.

I think that the racial breakdown of TJ admissions might be a useful gauge of something but I don't think you try to achieve a particular admission profile, then you're just fiddling with the gauge rather than the thing that is being measured.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics