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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should ask other TJ kids how Geometry kids are viewed. [/quote]

True.  I don't think it should matter.  A child in geometry at TJ has an advantage over other kids....they don't have to take ridiculous amounts of higher level maths and they can maintain a decent GPA without burning themselves out.  [b]Not every child going to TJ wants to become a mathematician, so what's the point of taking anything higher than calculus?[/b][/quote]

What's the point of going to TJ if you're not going to take anything higher than calculus? That's already offered at the base schools. You need a good two years of math beyond calculus for engineering and more for the pure sciences.[/quote]

For the environment and the thrill of learning STEM, small class sizes and/or like PP said, launching a satellite! You don't get these at a base school.  Not everyone coming out of TJ is going to end up becoming an engineer. Maybe a doctor? They don't need hardcore math for that.[/quote]

and if they get in, why shouldn't they go? clearly they got in because they deserved it.[/quote]

The admissions test is actually far too easy for the level of the classes offered and the rest of the application is incredibly subjective. That's how they've ended up with anywhere from a fifth to a third of the class struggling in math and therefore in science classes. 
It's a disservice to these kids and a waste of the system's resources. The school is meant to graduate future scientists and engineers, not to be a "reward" to some for being bright and getting good grades in MS.[/quote]

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