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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Maybe because the FCPS school board revised the selection criteria few months ago to select students who are "Exceptionally skilled Quantitatively" as in :

"To establish a high school for science and technology where [b]students with exceptional quantitative skills[/b] and interest in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, can pursue higher levels of academic achievement in those subjects in [b]preparation for the pursuit of a [b]science, technology, engineering, or mathematics[/b] focused profession."[/b][/quote]

[b]OR[/b][u] being the operative word here.

A child being placed in geometry in 9th grade does not mean that child can not be successful at TJ.  Seriously, Geez. Clearly there are kids that have made it. Likewise, there are kids in higher level math at TJ that are complete failures.[/quote]

To add to this, I know some TJ grads who went off to college and became teachers! What 9th grader knows exactly what profession they want to get into 8 years ahead of time? The only kid that enters TJ knowing are the ones whose parents have determined it for them since birth.  The only reason children want to go to TJ (without being forced by parents) are the ones that have a passion or interest in it NOT because they are 100% thats the field they want to get into 8 years down the road.[/quote]

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