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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it really worth it to drag your bright child through TJ even if they are extremely bright and focused? They end up competing against each other for schools so only the ones that discover some new technology or launch a rocket are first round at top universities (Ivy league). The majority could have gotten in to UVA, William and Mary etc, without going through the TJ grueling schedule.  Future employers are focused on colleges- high schools are not that relevant and a few years out of college you should never list a high school.[/quote]

Check the article cited upthread. TJ grads have the highest average GPA of grads of any school in the country that has at least 10 students at UVA at a given time, year after year after year. An amazing education means that once you go to UVA, you are at the very top of your class.  And most TJ grads agree they do it without working very hard.  More than college, future employers are focused on grad schools.

[b]Plus, TJ may have the best peer group of smart, kind, hard working motivated kids any school in the country.  They play sports at a higher level than any high school their size, have a top rated marching band, put on amazing drama productions (the female lead of the spring musical just won the best female vocalist CAPPIE), sent more kids to all state band and orchestra than any other high school, win national writing and art awards, and, of course, sweep state and national academic awards. All while being nice, down to Earth kids who are not drinking and not doing drugs.  
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You send you ur kid for the education and peer group. But the college admissions are pretty damn impressive too. [/quote]

NP here. If TJ kids are exceptionally kind, it's apparently only due to some genetic mutation, because the parents are insufferable.  TJ plays in the same sports division as other schools its size, and most TJ teams are towards the bottom of the division.  Kids at other schools are generally nicer and less smug, and probably less likely to abuse prescription drugs like Adderall than TJ students. [/quote]

Chip on your shoulder much?  TJ’s boys tennis won states this year and girls tennis won districts.  Men’s swim and dive won states and women won districts. Golf won districts.  Crew sent several boats to districts.  TJ had state placements in cross-x and track and field. They have an unusual number of state and district titles. They also had 6 kids commit to D1 sports this year.  They have one of the strongest marching bands in the state.

DCUM is not real life, so I hope you would’t condemn 1700 kids based on some parents on here.  But your bitterness is showing. There is zero evidence that TJ has issues with prescription drug abuse. Cite to a real source quit pulling stuff out of your ass.  You imagine TJ kids would be smug. But IRL they are very kind and down to Earth. You should get to know them before you judge based on how you think things must be. [/quote]

All you’ve done is double down on being a jerk. If the kids are nice, it’s despite their parents, many of whom brag incessantly, not because of them.  You are quick to claim others have a chip on their shoulder, rather than to own up to the fact that many TJ families are deeply unlikable.

As I said, most TJ teams are at the bottom of their league. Not all. Learn to read before you respond.

IRL, some TJ kids have called kids at other schools “burger flippers” and told them they’d be employees of the TJ students in the future.  The kids pick this up from their arrogant parents - like you - who just love to insinuate that TJ is drug-free and that drugs are prevalent elsewhere.  There are plenty of stressed-out kids and also kids self-medicating at TJ. [/quote]

I don’t know what your deal is. But take a Xanax and chill. You are getting much more upset than the PP warrants. [/quote]

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