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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What motivates the TJAAG is their fear that their TJ degrees will be worth less in certain circles if their alma mater is looked on less favorably because it doesn’t have enough Black and Hispanic students.

The TJAAG tries to portray itself as altruistic, but they are reactive and self-centered.

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The trouble with conservatives is that their world view is so deeply skewed that they can’t even CONCEIVE of a person or group doing something that is the right thing to do even if it harms themselves.

Thus they have to engage in tortured logic to somehow reverse-justify the beliefs of their enemies.[/quote]

Harming themselves..how? Self serving self righteousness is all I can see from the results you have achieved. Whites 26% up, Asians 26% down.

In the first place,you  lump a very diverse group of people that [b]represent almost 50% of the world's population [/b]over 3.5billion.people if you just include China, India, Pakistan, Middle East, Bangladesh, Korea, Vietnam, Japan...Just India and China themselves have kids speaking second languages like Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil, Hindi, Urdu. Telugu and many others..

TJ's so called Asian students have different racial backgrounds, national origins, languages, immigration status, income levels. Yet you insist on dehumanizing them by seeing them as a monolith.

All this to serve your own purposes. Look in a mirror and think how you are actually helping. Bringing your politics to schools for your selfishness is just ugly, evil and ignorant. [/quote]

So, at 54% of the class, Asians are well represented. 
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There's no such thing as "well represented." The appropriate representation in a gifted and talented program is the percentage of people that are gifted and talented. If those people happen to be asian, then so be it[/quote]

Any school with over 50% of one group is hardly diverse.[/quote]

The idea to group more than half of the world population -- Dravidian, Aryans, Punjab, Hindis, Muslims, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, Iranians, Vietnamese, Filipino ... -- into a single "race" is laughable. What's the rational? They have different culture, traditions, food, customs ... [/quote]

Half of the world…half of TJ.

What’s the issue? 
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You will have to ask FCPS what the "issue" it is trying to "fix". They are mostly first gen immigrants. If you have to group them into a single group, first-generation immigrant is probably a more appropriate group designation as the commonality shared among the incredible diverse student body.

I guess FCPS hates immigrants. That's the issue.[/quote]

I thought they were working hard to make these programs open to everyone not [b]just a few groups heavily vested in expensive outside prep.[/b] [/quote]

You'll have to show that a majority of prior TJ students got there through expensive outside prep. You'd also have to show a rational basis for your determination of "expensive". [/quote]

I think Curie already did this. One of several prominent prep centers accounts for over 30% of those admitted when they published the names.[/quote]

You are spreading fake new Putin puppet.[/quote]

I know Curie only accounted for 25% of the kids admitted!  https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/906227.page

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THey have been very successful getting kids into TJ but it's just one of several popular places that help students with their application and preparing them for selection.[/quote]

The prep market in NVa is very very competitive and different centers market heavily. Curie had something with the class of 2024. Maybe it was access to the test, maybe they just happened to have 133 brilliant kids, but they only got 50 in the year before. Something was going on. [/quote]

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