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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is just much happier there, having found “her people” and enjoying being in classes with kids that mostly all take it seriously. [/quote]

This. The best thing about going to TJ is being at a school where virtually 100% of the students care about school. [/quote]

This. And given the choice, would you willingly send your DC to Falls Church HS? Justice? Herndon? Edison? Annandale? Lewis?

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That’s what TJ has become in a nutshell.  An escape valve to avoid the worst high schools.  The students are like charity cases getting the chance to attend summer camp if only we’ll contribute to the NYT summer camp fund.  [/quote]

Even with a charitable interpretation of your openly racist and classist language, you're actually talking about maybe 20-25% of today's TJ. And the number is that high only because there's an overemphasis on admitting kids from Prince William.

And they're not doing it to "avoid the worst high schools". A fair number of them would have gone private anyway. They're doing it because of the exceptional opportunity that wasn't realistically open to them beforehand.

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