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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid had some Bs and C and his overall GPA was higher than 4.2 after freshman year...he did a ton of classes before ever hitting TJ, though.

You have to get used to the lower grades. Lots of classes at TJ aren't there for you to succeed. They want you to take the B or lower or learn how to cheat to get an A (sadly)[/quote]

You seem to have developed quite a coping mechanism. My child got poor grades because he/she did not cheat!! LOL[/quote]

That's just what is reported to me by my kid.

That said, I've had detailed discussions about performance at TJ. The C he got - his math teacher said he understood the material perfectly but he needed to be about 3x faster completing the questions. So it wasn't about knowledge, it was about speed. It's completing complex math in equations in less than 2 minutes each.

Imagine being totally competent but that's not the goal. [/quote]

That is a BS story your child fed you.

There are levels of understanding and also there is mastery you gain from practice. Someone who practiced such as by doing all the assigned homework, and many kids dont, can complete the tests on time.
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Love the confidence of your response.  :shock:

FWIW, my kid shared the same thing about speed being a major contributor to crushing the exams. And before you come at me, yes, kid studied a ton. HUGE disconnect between her grade in math class (low B) and what the SAT (780) and AP score (5) suggested her understanding of the content is. But maybe you're right in that her "mastery" wasn't what it should be bc #TJ. In the long term, having to work this hard will serve her and other students well. But from a GPA perspective and college app lens, it sucks. Or, maybe she's just dumb and/or doesn't care, right?

Also, +1 to cheating being a big issue. I've heard stories about Meta glasses, using chatGPT in class discussions, and peers directly telling her they used generative AI to write essays. [/quote]

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