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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been talked about in hundreds of posts.  A true test in school of TJ caliber would skew so heavily white and high SES that it would never fly in DC. To make it appear more equitable, the standards would gave to be lowered for entry and well then you have Banneker, Mckninly and any other DC school.[/quote]

Why would it skew 'so heavily white'?  Most of the kids at TJ are Asian, whites are minorities there now.

BTW whites aren't the only ppl around here with high SES.[/quote]

Why is this so--high scoring Asians? Why aren't kids from Eastern Europe coming here and achieving this? Similar to Asia, the climate is harsh, competition is keen and materialism is huge. Seems like they would have the additional advantage of being white.[/quote]
"Coming here?" You think it's like packing a bag, buying a plane ticket and you're here?

Eastern European kids whose parents are in the position of educating them abroad also have the European option and that dilutes the population somewhat. That said, some of them do come and excel.  There's just less of us than Chinese and because we're white, we're not as noticeable.[/quote]

My Eastern European coworker's son just graduated from Princeton, and the daughter is tearing it up in HS.  Of course if you just met the kids you would have no way to know they weren't just normal white Americans.[/quote]

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