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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is accepted into TJ for class of 2018 but I am not going to let him attend TJ for several reasons:

1- It is very likely that when he goes to TJ, it will take him at least 7 hours a day to do his assignments.  Unless he can finish his assignments in less than 3 hours, he is not going to TJ,
2- He needs to spend 75 minutes a day on the piano.  He has been doing that since he was 4 years old.  If he has to spend 7 hours on school homework and assignment, he will abandon piano,
3- He recently starts learning guitar and spends about 30 minutes a day practice.  Again, he will have to give that up if he attends TJ
4- He is also a pretty good athlete in both golf and swimming.  He spends 90 minutes a day on either golf or swimming and more on weekends.  He will have to give those up if he decides to TJ,

Nothing against TJ but if a kid can not finish his school assignments in less than 3 hours, he/she will have to give up pretty much all ECs for TJ.  That's something I am not prepared to do with my child.  He will attend Langley HS instead.

Best of luck to those parents with kids @TJ.[/quote]

I’m not sure where you are getting 7 hours a day?  I have never heard this, and my kid attends. I think it can hit 4-5 at peak times.  But if your kid stays on task and stays on top of things like major projects over the weekend, 3 should be fine during the school week.

Of course, it depends on your expectations of your kid.  If they must take AP everything junior year, and your kid has to be in the top 10% of the class etc, maybe it would take 7 hours junior year. But freshman and probably sophomore year?  Any kid spend 7 hours is gunning to be in the top 10 graduates and is overpreparing, or is not using time efficiently.  There are plenty of top students who play 2-3 sports a year. Or March in the band and crew, which is a huge time suck.

I respect your decision to send you kid to Langley. It sounds like a good choice in your case for your kid. But even at TJ, the 7 hours a night thing is just silly. [/quote]

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