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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are conflating two things

1. Old process is flawed

Hence, it seems the assumption seems to be

2. New process is good/better

I would agree the old process is flawed but new process is even more flawed. I do like the idea of some percentage of kids from each HS getting into TJ. That is a good decision. Dropping recommendation letters is the most damaging of all.

We need reform, but in a thoughtful way. Not like the rushed half baked job they did in the middle of a pandemic.

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The new process isn't perfect but [b]it's an order of magnitude better than the previous one[/b]. A system that includes all students not just those from the most affluent schools is a huge improvement. Also ending the tyranny of prep companies with their question banks was another big problem since people were effectively buying access. [/quote]
This is pure BS. It is actually orders of magnitude worse than the previous one. Now half of the class if filled with students who aren't even qualified to TJ. Have you seem the Math 4 teacher email?
Identity politics and social engineer need to stop messing our schools.
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Based on the flowchart linked above, Math 4 would not have been kids taking algebra in 8th grade.  It would be in line with taking weaker kids in a school who are taking geometry.  That is mostly what I saw at our school, though some may have been in algebra 1.[/quote]

Math 4 apparently equates to Trig so wouldn't it have been mostly kids in their sophomore year at TJ in 2021-2022 (as in the last class admitted under the old system)? The more "standard" non-genius starting point for TJ math is Math 3 i think (Algebra 2 - so kids that took Algebra 1 in 7th) and I think this would have been even more the case for the 2021-2022 TJ freshmen class (first batch under the new system). [/quote]

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