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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a high school, people.  A high school.[/quote]

A high school where nearly all classes are taught at the college level, and with a college level workload.  And by junior-senior year, many kids are doing graduate level research. Many kids who have the academic smarts to manage this do not have the pre-frontal cortex development or emotional maturity.

It is also *just* a high school where the expectations are incredibly high.  You hear that a kid is from TJ, and you expect them to do better that *just* GMU, JMU, VA tech, WM-- or even UVA.  The picture of a "successful" kid from any other HS and a "successful" kid from TJ is very different. TJ Kids are expected to do amazing things-- by their peers, their families, and community as a whole. "Just" going to a good college and getting good grades isn't enough. It's a lot of pressure. [/quote]

It's generally not even close to graduate level research, simply because the vast majority don't have enough academic background to handle that yet.There's simply not enough time to both fulfill all high school graduation requirements, even if it's mostly done with AP level classes, and reach a level where you're doing anything like graduate research. Having lots of equipment doesn't mean you have enough background to use it profitably.[/quote]

I completely agree. PP's post is a good example of how clueless TJ parents are. TJ, over the years with help of news magazine, has done an excellent job "selling" their HS. They completely lost perspective that it is, nevertheless, still only a HS. [/quote]

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