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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For gods sake, don't force your kids into TJ or even AAP. Its interesting to see how many kids get into AAP based on admissions and parent referrals in spite of having scores well below the cut-off. Your kids will easily know if they belong in there along with teachers and peers. It can be stressful, depressing and may be demotivating when they know they can't compete or interact with other kids on an equal ground. No one wants them in their project group etc. My AAP kid says there are few kids who are consistently poor performers and rest of the kids joke that those kids parents threatened Principal to get into AAP :) [/quote]

Same with diversity - you don't want your kid to feel inferior or treated poorly by his peers since the only reason the kid got into TJ is because of the race or geography. Also, for college admissions, its far better to get A's in regular school than C's in TJ. Kids are sensitive and easily get depressed if they perform poorly and cannot keep with the class. [/quote]

They get treated poorly as it is right now, even with no explicit affirmative action in the process. And good grief, there are plenty of over-prepped white and Asian kids who get Cs at TJ right now.

Stop assuming that different kids would necessarily do worse in that environment. There's no evidence to support that claim.[/quote]

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