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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid had some Bs and C and his overall GPA was higher than 4.2 after freshman year...he did a ton of classes before ever hitting TJ, though.

You have to get used to the lower grades. Lots of classes at TJ aren't there for you to succeed. They want you to take the B or lower or learn how to cheat to get an A (sadly)[/quote]

You seem to have developed quite a coping mechanism. My child got poor grades because he/she did not cheat!! LOL[/quote]

That's just what is reported to me by my kid.

That said, I've had detailed discussions about performance at TJ. The C he got - his math teacher said he understood the material perfectly but he needed to be about 3x faster completing the questions. So it wasn't about knowledge, it was about speed. It's completing complex math in equations in less than 2 minutes each.

Imagine being totally competent but that's not the goal. [/quote]

That is a BS story your child fed you.

There are levels of understanding and also there is mastery you gain from practice. Someone who practiced such as by doing all the assigned homework, and many kids dont, can complete the tests on time.
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[b]If only doing all the homework was enough.[/b][/quote]

That is a good sign that base HS is a better fit.

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My kid has had timed math tests in base all through HS and HW did not count. Most cld not finish the Diff Equations exams on time unless they were granted 1.5 time to take them and the exams were far harder than the HW anyway.  [/quote]

That is a good sign you should not have accelerated math.
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Ah, so TJ instructors are harder and it isn’t fair that the gpa doesn’t really reflect the effort, knowledge, or even teaching the material being tested…but at base the same results mean the kid shouldn’t be in that level math?

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