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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition, 20% of the FCPS teachers must be Asian to properly reflect the student population. 20% of the County employees must be Asians to reflect the demographics of the County. 
20% of the County contracts and grants must go to Asians and Asian groups. It is not equitable that virtually 0% goes to Asians and Asian groups.
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Let's not forget all the sport teams need to have 20% asian representation. It doesn't matter if there are better qualified athletes. Asian students deserve 20% of the spots in the name of equity :D [/quote]

Why? The goal of an athletic team is to win games. There is no goal that TJ has that is expressly competitive in nature. The fact that it has been adjudged one of the top high schools in the country doesn't make that its goal.

Its goal is to educate talented students with an eye towards preparing them for a STEM or STEM-adjacent career. I would almost argue that the STEM community writ large would be better served by TJ taking really bright kids who are not sure what they want to do when they grow up and inspiring them to pursue STEM, rather than just taking kids whose parents have already decided that they will be doctors or engineers and giving them cool toys to play with for four years... especially when those kids are probably going to get to play with those cool toys in the form of summer internships anyway.[/quote]

Oh boy, so many assumptions here! First, as a PP mentioned, team sports' main goals is to develop sportsmanship, encourage fitness,... Just as you said that TJ's original goal was not to become a top high school, sport teams were not originally created with the goal of winning games. Also, assuming that asian kids aren't as strong as others in some sports, would it not be good to allow them to participate? This will certainly benefit stronger athletes ie teach them empathy, the benefits of diversity and all that good stuff that many are saying TJ would benefit from if its students were more diverse. Lastly, why would you think that admitting asians in sport teams will cause the teams to become weaker? Maybe it's about time you look into your own prejudice and give some of these asian kids a chance to prove themselves just as you are advocating for the other minority groups to be given a chance to prove themselves academcally.[/quote]

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