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[quote=Anonymous][quote][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Real question:  If the "teach to the test" theory 'works' in China - who says it is supposed to work here - where is that written? 
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TJ is trying to get away from students who only know how to memorize and take tests.  Why is that so "wrong" in Asian parents' eyes?  Surely you know how to teach your children something else than "teach to the test"?[/quote]

Are you also against any private coaching for entry into competitive sports, performance arts, and other coveted spots?[/quote]

Brabrand used the word ethical in his Town Hall.  FCPS has been too hyper focused on TJ as The STEM Resource for decades.  There was NO reason to remove Bio 1 as an 8th grade course option except for IBET.  Private coaching in competitive sports and performance arts?  What are you talking about?  Figure skating choreography?  Ballet YAGP variations?  [b]Violin pre Julliard audition?  Kids at those levels are the equivalent of profoundly gifted which can't be reached via prep.[/b]  Nurture can't replace nature but that natural ability does need consistent training for years to reach the point of needing the coach.

Those 3 examples of private coaching are way beyond tutor/test prep to get a high average kid into AAP and then keep up the momentum going with the goal of TJ.   Brabrand also had a caller- AA woman alum - who was made to feel out of place by her peers at TJ.  Not a member of the "club" so to speak.  [/quote]

This is not directly regarding TJ admissions, but what is it with the idea that test prepping is somehow considered cheating, whereas coaching for tryouts into similarly competitive and limited slots in sports or the arts is not?
As for the bolded, (since I don't have direct experience or knowledge in the other fields you listed) I have to disagree. I know a handful of people (of different races if that matters) who got into Julliard through extensive and extremely dedicated practice, not that they were deemed profoundly gifted or such from an early age.[/quote][/i]

It is cheating when you have a MS Science teacher who's competed in Science Olympiad for years and has collected knowledge of the competition to pass on and train her students? And as a result has consistently placed in the top 3 each and every time? Isn't that the same thing as what these prep centers are doing?[/quote]

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