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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let TJ be TJ! Just because your kid didn’t get in or didn’t like it, or you heard some rumors or lies, doesn’t mean it has to be tailored to everyone’s needs and wants. We should support those self motivated, independent and highly intelligent kids as well as those who have learning difficulties. Please don’t turn it into a mediocre school like those watered down AAP! My kid and a bunch of kids I know were bored to death at AAP and now they are thriving at TJ! [/quote]

I would if I thought that TJ was serving self motivated kids. I think there are a good number of self motivated kids and I think that a large number of the kids are there because that is what Mom and Dad want for them. They have been attending math tutoring/enrichment programs since pre-K and I don’t buy for a second tht a 4 or 5 year old really wants to go to math class twice a week and do a worksheet or some type of home work 7 days a week.

There are going to be kids who decide that they are interested in STEM late in elementary school or in middle school and they have no way of getting the necessary classes or grades to be considered for TJ. They are smart and developing their interest on their own. Their parents have not forced them to do hours of extra math prep and STEM classes. In the end, that is the main difference.

TJ then is more about parents who plot out their kids course at the age of 4 and not a large number of self motivated, intelligent, STEM loving kids. Is that a good thing? I don’t know if it is a bad thing but I do know that TJ is no longer for the bright kid who figures out at 10 or 11 that they would like to complete a STEM education and I am not certain that is a god thing.

The good news is that plenty of kids get a great education through AP and IB classes. Those kids are just as likely to go on and do some cool things in STEM as a TJ Grad. [/quote]

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