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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many of you folks commenting on this thread actually have a kid at TJ?  [/quote]
I do. And I would think long and hard before sending my kid to be the lone white face in the class. It’s lonely and worse. [/quote]
so why did you send him/her there?[/quote]
I didn’t realize how bad it would be. 13-14 is a tender age and a lot of HS is learning about social interactions. TJ was far from our house so a lot of time lost in commuting. Then all the time lost on the weekends to homework. And the social scene was very difficult with 90% Asians and every club dance after school etc dominated by this. It just wasn’t worth it. In my neighborhood everyone says “no thank you!” To TJ but we had just moved here and didn’t know better. It wasn’t worth it for us. [/quote]
First of all, it’s not 90% of Asians as you claimed. Second, why do you find the social scene to be difficult with the existence of Asians? Are you a racist who doesn’t want to socialize with other races? Sounds like that’s the case.[/quote]

I don't think she meant anything negative with her comment.  Even as an asian parent, we found the social scene (meeting with friends after school, going to a party, etc.) difficult for the kid only because we live far away with no TJ kids nearby.  Every get together was a drop off and pickup and the affinity was not the same as it would have been if the kids were in the neighborhood.

At the end of the day, the value proposition has to be there for each family and as long as people accept that and move on, we can all live in peace.  It's people wanting to shut down TJ or calling Asians racist because of their shortcomings is what pisses me off.. [/quote]

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