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[quote=Anonymous]I'm conflicted about TJ. I am a Chinese parent, with a smart kid who is in AAP, but I'm worried that he is too good at all the geek things, and not so good at other things. We'd like him to be a well rounded person so I am not sure I'd want him to attend TJ. One thing I can't stand are the obnoxious TJ parents I've ran into. One of them is a co-worker and he was saying how his kid is smart enough to do what a senior analyst can do at our company. If my kid attended TJ, I would have to interact with those parents even more. The thought gives me goosebumps.

For the same reason, my kid goes to level 4 aap classes at his base school rather than attend the GT center. As long as he is doing well, I want him to enjoy his childhood and grow up a well rounded person.

I agree that many graduates of TJ go on to prestigious universities, which then propel them to do well in their professional careers. The movers and shakers in tech predominantly come from high end education backgrounds and TJ is a solid springboard into that system. However, for every one of Mark Zuckerberg or Sergey Brin, there are hundreds if not thousands of well educated kids who bet on the wrong startup and end up with nothing after 5-10 years of long hours and crushed dreams.

Take a look at the occupational backgrounds of the top 1%: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2012/0115-one-percent-occupations/
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