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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should be able to walk because they earned a State of Virginia diploma. There is no need for the drama. They didn’t earn the TJ Diploma, I doubt that really matters. I doubt future employers would even know that there is a difference between the regular diploma, advanced diploma, and TJ diploma. No one is going to ask about that in the future.

I am guessing these are the kids that were asking how to get a waiver for having to take calculus at TJ last year and who seemed annoyed that it was a requirement for attending TJ.  I don’t understand why people want to attend TJ if they are not interested in the math. It is mind boggling to me but I guess they are banking on telling people they graduated from TJ and thinking that it is the golden ticket. I doubt kids who were flunking a class did well in other classes or did well in their college applications. It makes no sense to me. [/quote]

It's because they think there is something magical about going to TJ that makes you smart when you need to be smart to survive at TJ.
You can see the way the school board talked about TJ as if it was some sort of prize that we were giving to asian kids and withholding from other kids.
TJ is like any other forms of elite training, seal, olympic development sports, MOPS, its wasted on the unprepared and does them no favors.[/quote]

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