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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did a thread about CHS and RSS turn into posts after posts about feeder schools to TJ???  The OP is asking about those schools- not about TJ, or positioning for TJ via elementary and middle schools!

Enough with the TJ crap![/quote]

I was the poster who brought up Chantilly and TJ.  I brought it up because I happen to live near Chantilly HS and there is absolutely a group in our local elementary and middle schools that are TJ prepping from the moment they hit elementary school.  So, when that group achieves their goals, it does skew the class a little at the HS.

I don't personally know the numbers at Robinson and I in no way meant that kids who live there/go there are in any way lesser.  Just that there is a very strong feeling in this area that you MUST attend the right center school to get into TJ - TJ or die.[/quote]

+1000.  Another of the TJ posters. And there was no intent to hijack, but the mentality of the parents and kids and the feeder MSs and ESs absolutely plays a role in the high school atmosphere.  I moved into the Chantilly zone recently, and my DCs are not in the HS yet. But I will say with absolute certainty that there are large pockets of parents that do not mess around on education, in a cut throat competitive way. And IMO they go way overboard in pushing, prepping and pressuring their kids. And yes, many of these patents are Asian. As a parent, it's hard to strike a balance between encouraging my kids to succeed and not pushing too hard in this atmosphere.  I'd bet a lot that the same is true at the high school, where "TJ or die" becomes "UVA or die."  [/quote]

Perhaps, but I think those types of parents you are describing are aiming a bit higher.[/quote]

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