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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I asked my kid if he thinks TJ kids braggy, he said well mom all HS kids is braggy.

Personally, [b]I think TJ kids is actually extraordinary nice.[/b]

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This has been my experience as well.

I'm sure there are jerks but the social structure doesn't really encourage or even tolerate that sort of behavior very well.  These are not generally the kids engaged in social jockeying at your base schools.  They are pretty focused on academics and if they weren't before they got there they become focused in order to survive.

The social aspect of TJ is extremely subdued.  Everybody is from different neighborhood and everybody is academically focused.  T[b]here are a lot of negative aspects to TJ but "braggy" arrogant freshman is not one of them[/b], TJ is a pretty humbling place for almost all the students.  
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They are braggy and arrogant about grades rather than vacations or shoes.  Yes, social jockeying is more prevalent at base schools but it is also necessary to learn that skill for success in the workplace - arguably it's more important than academics.  Being braggy about being smart and putting others down the way other people have done on this thread is a recipe for failure in the workplace.  Our job as parents is to set them up for success at life, not just in the academic setting.

To the PP consistently saying "$hit".... yeah, exactly what we mean by lack of social skills.... and probably a terrible vocabulary too.[/quote]

oh wait ..
Are you that religious mom whose kids is transferring to private because they couldn't make the transition from home schooling to TJ?

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Nope.

....I think there's several kids leaving TJ or that have left.[/quote]

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