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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of these replies don’t scream striver to me. Wanting your kid to get a solid education and do their best to me is just good parenting. Forcing them into ECs they don’t enjoy, berating them for Bs, pushing a T20 school, losing their shit if they don’t get into Algebra in 7th (I’ve seen it)….that’s being a striver. [/quote] You're exactly right - but you see a ton of what you're describing in the TJ-adjacent community. Part of the goal of the new admissions process is 1) to disincentivize this sort of destructive behavior among middle and elementary school students by making it largely irrelevant to getting into TJ and 2) to minimize the number of families who are bringing this attitude into TJ, which is challenging enough as it is without adding toxicity and pressure-cooker behavior from parents and other students. [/quote] It's great to know they're aware of the problems and making these changes.[/quote]
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