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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different students fare better with different teacher styles and that would hold true throughout all your DC’s schooling. Period. [/quote]
But how can a student who has maintained a high 3.5 GPA in middle school is being given a C grade at TJ? If TJ teaches differently then there should be a bridge class to orient students better.  Few teachers make simple math unnecessarily complex, including grading. [/quote] Because TJ math is just that much more challenging. Just about every TJ student (including students who get Cs) would have gotten As in honors (math) classes at their home school (and before the admissions change, most would be in honors algebra 2 or higher as freshmen). These are the students which the curriculum at TJ is designed to challenge, so it's unsurprising that only some of them can excel relative to other exceptional students.[/quote]

The key word is challenging.

I wrote this many times, but the quality of the tests is outstanding at TJ. Love it. This is exactly how it should have been at all schools.

Something like 20% of the test (not uniform across all tests), is where just knowing the concept would [b]NOT[/b] enable you to solve the problem. You need to apply it in a different context, that means understanding the concepts deeply. Just as you would expect in undergrad. That is why TJ kids are so well prepared for college.

I dont know if any other base HS does that. Our base HS where we have experience and where I saw the tests, definitely did not. If you just pay attention in class, do a quick review, you get 100% on tests. Way too easy. No deep understanding of concepts needed.[/quote]

Agree about the need for deep understanding of the concepts, not just ability to do the types of problems taught.

My TJ kid went to a highly ranked STEM university and a won an award as a freshman for best math student. Really the training at TJ was a huge part of his success. 
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