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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a freshman at TJ. He loves it. He is friends with his classmates and finds them to be supportive, he feels like he fits in, the workload has been reasonable (so far—we know it ramps up), he likes the extracurricular activities baked into the day, and [b]he likes not having to deal with the BS that exists in a lot of other high schools.[/b] He’s a bright STEM kid who is motivated but also keeps things in perspective. I think it’s important for a kid to make up their own mind on whether to attend. [/quote]

What BS would that be?[/quote]

Vaping, kids taking AP and honors courses who don’t belong in them, lousy teachers. [/quote]

All of these things are present at TJ now. [/quote]

Present and prevalent are two very different things. They have always been present at TJ for as long as vaping has been a thing - and smoking before that. Believe it or not, there were much more serious drug problems at TJ back in the 90s.

But they have never been prevalent to the extent that they are at many high schools. By and large, kids at TJ do not let things get in the way of their academic pursuits. The best thing about going there (and for any new-admissions-process naysayers, this hasn't changed at all in the past few years) is that essentially 100% of the student population cares about school and wants to do well.[/quote]

The only real constant at TJ is the over-the-top self-congratulation, which readily adapts to changes in the student population. Too bad you’re not all that academically distinctive any longer.  [/quote]

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