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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much venom for well-qualified kids who happen to come from other middle schools.

So disgusting. [/quote]

Vile.

Throwing so much abuse at TJ grads just to suit the self-serving faux equity agenda.

Gross.  [/quote]

Who mentioned anything about “TJ grads”? 
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Give me a break!  All this vilification of those who do well in exams as being prepped and somehow lesser candidates than children of privilege.  Most TJ grads came into TJ via exams and happened to do well in exams thereafter and go on to do well in life (except for one TJ grad who failed to launch and polices this Noard on behalf of TJAAG as a paid troll).

Doing well in exams is not a demerit as the history of TJ grads shows us.

So encouraged by the CA primary results - hopefully Virginia will also show these progressives the door.  There may be hope in the Democratic Party.[/quote]

Posters aren’t vilifying kids who do well.

They are vilifying the industry built around gaming the system. Starting with prepping for cogat right up to practicing TJ questions that aren’t public. Unethical practices.

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“They” are stupid because “they” ought to be vilifying the system that created a TJ and the incentives to gain admission to that one school.  Starting with the Republican BOS members who thought a “magnet” school would be a good marketing tool for the county and continuing through the current Democrats on the School Board who tinker with TJ admissions for purely political reasons.  What a bunch of idiots. [/quote]

They are “tinkering” with the system because it was crazy imbalanced. They wanted to include other well-qualified STEM students. Not just those who were lucky enough to have parents who know how to play the admissions game starting at a young age.

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The only place I might agree with you is the initial AAP screening.  That needs to be reformed to actually identify gifted kids from across the county and not take so many simply smart wealthy kids who prep or appeal to get in.

TJ Admissions should be almost exclusively AAP kids coming from the core schools.  Those are your top kids in STEM.  Not some random kid only taking Algebra 1 8th grade give me a break.[/quote]

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