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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both my spouse and their sibling are TJ alums and neither will allow their kids to attend. Because of the “pressure cooker” aspect. [/quote]

Why is having more rigorous classes and demanding teachers now deemed "pressure cooker" ? If a kid loves math and science, TJ is like a dream school.[/quote]

The pressure cooker aspect comes not from rigorous coursework or demanding teachers, but an environment where less than perfection is considered a failure. [/quote]

"An environment where less than perfection is considered a failure" - this comes from parents almost 100% of the time; kids don't feel this unless their parents set this type of impossible expectation in the first place. But for the kids whose parents do not  and who instead have a different mantra.. perhaps something like: "Be curious, work hard, play hard, and build strong friendships", why wouldn't TJ be a dream school? There are so many amazing classes and things students groups work on which are all accessible at TJ, but not at other high schools, and on top of it, it's free.[/quote]

So much misinformation about TJ. I was the poster whose child did not get into TJ in 9th but got in for 10th grade. Sample of one, but our experience at base and TJ matches what you wrote here.

My child enjoyed both the base school and TJ and has wonderful friends at both schools. But child definitely enjoys TJ a lot more.

At TJ students need to be fully engaged in class 100% of the time. If not you fall behind really fast. It also makes the classes very interesting for an engaged student.

At base, there are classes where the work gets done in line 15-30 minutes out of a class period of 85-90 minutes. At base, child tells me lots of kids play video games during these 60+ minutes after they knocked off the work in 15-30 minutes. These are all very bright, smart kids and personally know many of them having coached them in their elementary and middle school for various events. At TJ, a little bit of this is happening as well to my surprise but it is an order of magnitude less. So base school might be more "fun" if that is what one wants for their kids.[/quote]

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