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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ as it known now is for sure done, and good riddance! Next up: AAP admissions reform.

I don’t know why families thought they could cheat their way through a system meant for *actually* gifted students by starting test prep in elementary school (or earlier). News flash: if your child preps for a 2nd grade cognitive assessment, the score is invalid, and your child is not “exceptionally gifted”.[/quote]

Right.  Giftedness can only be found on street corners and in homes where parents take little interest in their children's education (but make sure they have nice shoes and a Play Station).  I'm so glad FCPS will have a new Chief Equity Officer who can spot these natural wonders. [/quote]

No, PP has a point.  If you have to prep all/most your life for something cerebral (not physical, different muscles = different use - though how one camp loves to rail on athletes = discriminatory, but I digress).  After a certain point, you are using wrote memorization and that isn't "studying", that is "teaching to the test", which is not life like or realistic.  Colleges don't want robots whose parents "program" them for Tj since grade school - that is INSANE. I wouldn't want to deal with those parents, either. [/quote]

This. Cannot tell you how many times friends who work within academia complain about the discourse in thier humanities classes for the last 6 years - she says it amounts to having a conversation with automatons. Those were often the students who received the lowest marks due to the fact that the regurgitation of researched information alone wasn't enough. Independent, original, and creative thinking are a necessity and often the automaton kids were at a disadvantage compared to [b]private/boarding kids ( culturally exposed to a lot)[/b] or pooer-URM and white ( whose background and experiences may be different than "mainstream"). [/quote]

NP
 I don't really care about TJ one way or other but just curious about this part- I know there are exceptions and extremes on both ends but on average, aren't private/boarding schools a more monotonous environment than some random local pubic school? [/quote]

Not academically. Especially, the students who come from European boarding schools. They are always academically ahead of thier class ( in the sciences, as well). [/quote]

I wasn't referring to academics, just the bolded part that private/boarding school students are "culturally exposed to a lot" more than their public school counterparts.[/quote]

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