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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of those advanced freshmen who took algebra 2 would be in there. And sophomores who can in with only algebra and did freshman year remote would be in there too. But definitely not addressed to the majority of the freshman class. And certainly not the freshman that people on here complain about re the new admissions. Freshmen who came in with algebra 1 or geometry would not be the group who received that email. [/quote]

Some of the algebra 2 freshmen would be in there?  
Wouldn't almost all the algebra 2 freshmen be in there?
In fact wouldn't it overwhelmingly be algebra 2 freshmen?
Honestly, what percentage of the spring math 4 students do you think are sophomores?

That email reflect a drop in quality among the class of 2025 freshmen.
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The email is not what reflects the drop in quality; it is the new admissions standards. TJ parents are very resistant to admit this but I don't understand how they can be. Standards changed away from merit to make it more about equity. Everyone knows that meant the overall quality of students would decrease. This email is confirmation of that...but it is only confirming what was already known. FWIW, this is one reason I did not have my bright kid apply to TJ after the standards changed. Of course, I don't know if my kid would have been admitted, but I believe there was a very good chance. It is also the reason a family on our street turned TJ down for the local HS. [/quote]

Everybody knows but the equity crowd cannot allow it to be said unchallenged.
The white people wracked by white guilt have been convinced this is thought crime.

There are differences in cognitive ability and those differences run along economic and cultural lines.  
Wealth makes it easier to develop cognitive potential into cognitive ability.
It doesn't have to be extreme wealth but you need disposable income.
Culture makes it more likely that you will make the investments and sacrifices necessary to develop actual cognitive ability instead of letting the cognitive potential rot on the vine.
So on average" even a relatively poor child from an environment that values education will get that cognitive development while a somewhat wealthier child in an environment that doesn't value education quite as much will get less cognitive development.
By the time you get to 8th grade, the game is over for all but maybe the top 0.1%.[/quote]

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