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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Posted early…

- finally, beat reason to go is if you think your kid will thrive in a spot where nost all the kids are “school kids”. My kid had some friends in base school but never felt like the base school was a great fit. TJ is instead a school full of their “tribe” and so has been a great fit in ways that out balance the commute, Higher HW load, college placement odds.

As another PP posted, for some kids it is a great spot and really lets them thrive. For others it’s not a great fit or else the base school works just as well (so not worth accepting the trade offs). You have to evaluate which bucket your child falls into. [/quote]

There is such a benefit to going to a secondary school with kids who are not all in your “tribe,” especially for kids who are likely to inhabit rarefied environments the rest of their lives.  You learn how to interact with a broader array of folks, whereas some of the kids at schools like TJ have been groomed so intensely to think of themselves as special that they never develop even passable social skills. [/quote]

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