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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ alum often do help TJ grads find jobs.
More AP exams is actually dumbing down the TJ curriculum which was already harder than AP classes. AP at TJ is usually AP content PLUS a more rigorous content added bc the AP stuff alone is too easy.
My kid is at TJ and loves it AND has had strong college admissions outcomes. Do not worry.
Go to TJ if you can because the rigor makes TJ kids very well prepared for undergraduate classes… many report college feeling much easier.
Go to TJ and if you do not like it or find it too stressful, transfer back to base school, do not hesitate to have a pleasant high school experience! But TJ kids stay because in truth they really love it.
Yes many TJ kids cheat on assessments and they are bright little cheaters so it’s hard to catch them. [b]Often they get mediocre college recs as result of their suspect integrity and maybe that’s why they aren’t getting into top colleges as much. [/b]However the honest kids are doing just fine and having success in the admissions game.[/quote]

This person gets it. This absolutely happens to TJ students whose cheating behaviors are known to the faculty.

To be sure, some do get away with it, but when a kid gets caught cheating at TJ and either shows no remorse or gets off on a technicality, they absolutely get dinged on their recs. Teachers are friends and they talk, and they know this is a weapon they have to curb cheating.

Interestingly, they’ll write a good recommendation for kids who get caught and shape up and/or express genuine remorse for their actions in the restorative justice process.[/quote]

Well, that just seems so disingenuous and wrong. A teacher knows the kid is a cheat and writes a rec with glowing praise bc the was was sorry? [/quote]

1) I said “good”, not “glowing”

2) The fact that the kid cheated doesn’t make them “a cheat” - indeed, a fair number of “caught” academic integrity violations at TJ or any school are relatively benign in nature

3) Yes, sometimes kids show genuine character in these situations. Adversity has a way of showing positive traits, to include self-inflicted adversity.

These kids grow into themselves during this time period and oftentimes - especially when referring to kids from the so-called “feeder middle schools” - academic integrity is not something that is prioritized in the home. Kids who are able to successfully overcome that hindrance deserve all the credit in the world for it.[/quote]

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