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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost every kid, no ALL kids, at a school like TJ will score higher than this kid on ALL fronts.  But only a handful get these kind of offers.  Shame!  We are supposed to be a merit-based society. Wonder when that changed..[/quote]

But many of  those kids would get those scores because they went to TJ, the scores are more impressive when someone achieves them coming from a school with less access to higher level courses... merit is also more than just numbers.. some kids have had  many  benefits- tutors, access to the best curriculum and teachers, an/or  supportive, well educated  families.  Others are working a part time job to contribute to food costs, sharing a bedroom with multiple siblings and have parents who don't understand the system.  They are working at least as hard or harder than the kids with the advantages.  Imagine what they could do IF they had some of the advantages!?!?!

I do not know about the kid in this article and am certainly not saying every minority student has come from disadvantage or that those from TJ or elite schools haven't had disadvantages, just pointing out that scores alone do not prove how hard a kid has worked or what their potential is.  There is more to every student than a list of scores.

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