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It's wild... people are behaving as though it's some sort of catastrophe that what... maybe 28% of the school is entering in the TJ equivalent of Geometry? It used to be that 70-80% of TJ entered in Geometry and the school was just fine back then. 
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In FCPS and LCPS, it's quite easy to qualify for Algebra in 7th, especially in a high SES school.  Somewhere between 10-20% of FCPS kids take Algebra in 7th, with a much higher percentage doing so at high SES schools.  Every single AAP kid I know who took Algebra in 8th simply wasn't very smart and wasn't very good at math.  Many of them prepped like crazy and still failed to meet the benchmark.  It is a catastrophe to accept a bunch of mediocre privileged kids who objectively aren't even among the top 20% of the FCPS population in terms of math ability into a highly selective program like TJ.

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I’m fascinated how you know these kids so well. I know little about how smart or not the kids in 8th grade are - other than mine. Reading this post, I’d guess you are not very smart, but I don’t know you either. I’m glad for small favors. [/quote]

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