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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People don't hate on TJ because of excellence, but it is funny how vehemently TJ supporters attack anyone who dares suggest that a student at another school might do just as well, or be just as smart, or even have an advantage getting into a top university.  TJ has a higher concentration of very smart kids -- that's the nature of a magnet school -- but that doesn't mean that students who don't choose to go there are lesser beings intellectually or otherwise. That's what PP meant by hubris and it is all over this thread and any other that  dares question whether TJ is the only route to success in this area.

If it works for your kid, great, but realize that other kids may choose different and for them, equally or more challenging paths. [/quote]

A thousand times this.[/quote]

Attack is when someone uses words/phrases like "hubris" or "too many Asians" or "close it down". When did TJ supporters say only TJ students were smart? When did TJ supporters say there are no smart kids at other schools. When did TJ supporters say kids at other schools are lesser beings intellectually? That would be ludicrous.

There are many ways to successful accomplishments. You have it backwards. TJ supporters are offering opinions/arguments whereas real "attacks/hostility" come from the TJ haters. Stop hating and recognize there are many routes to success including places like TJ.[/quote]

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