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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a former TJ teacher. I was a bit shocked and disappointed to hear about the proposed change. I specifically wanted to work at TJ because I love working with gifted kids, which is what I thought TJ was all about,  but maybe I just assumed that (?). Not to say the kids selected through the lottery won't be gifted, but it will be a mixed bag for sure, which will require more differentiation and probably less of an opportunity to go as in depth as I loved to do with my students. I do hope the powers that be at least figure out a way to identify the profoundly gifted kids who are interested in STEM, as I feel they would be the real losers in this plan.[/quote]

No, you weren't just assuming. TJ IS a school for gifted kids. It's written in black and white in the school's charter. It appears they think every child who has at least a 3.5 GPA is gifted, regardless of whether the kids took gen ed or aap classes, or whether their middle schools have grade inflation (many do). The issue is that some people don't want to believe that intellectual giftedness is real. They think it's just a made up thing to make parents feel special. [/quote]

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