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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I heard from my friend’s son , first year freshman that their teachers don’t teach much. They just give them links to videos and they are expected to figure out on their own[/b]. It works so far, but of course with the new admission changes, teachers are going to be in shock with the class results if they don’t improve their teaching skills & instead expect  kids to figure out, or TJ is going down.[/quote]

I will not comment on the new admission part, but the bold part is true.  I have a 9th grader at TJ, the math class consists on watching teaching videos the night before and teachers are answering questions during class time after kids try to understand the video themselves.  Tests include materials not covered in the videos and are timed.  It was a shock for my kid and sadly the grades reflect that.  Other subjects are fine.[/quote]

Same. Addressing the bolded part and not the troll-ish other part.
But this is actually a pedagogical method that is popular there, which is to flip the way we utilize school hours. Instead of the teaching happening at school and then homework done at home where no one is there to help, they flip it and have students do the learning part at home and then school is used to serve as a clarification point or a time for students to be able to use the teacher as a resource for further understanding. It's definitely different and takes some getting used to. But not a terrible way to learn.[/quote]

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