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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have some time at hand so i’ll share something I heard from my TJ DC. Recently a teacher asked why they came to TJ. Of a class of about 30 kids only two said the only reason they were at TJ was their parents made them. The rest of the class listed other reasons. Presumably some might not be 100 percent honest I still find this interesting and contrary to many believed, that going to TJ is solely plotted and pushed by parents. [/quote]

I think you are a bit literal. [b]Presumably even kids who have been pushed and prodded understand that it is better to suggest they exercise some agency.[/b]  [/quote]

And you know that how?  Most of them are there because they want to be.  I know enough TJ kids to know this.  The kids that don't want to be there either sabotge their tests or drop out after Freshman year.

Most people here correlate test prep with TJ admissions.  But correlation is not causation.  Not every prepped kid gets in.  We'd need 20 TJs to accommodate that!  The ones that do get in ARE really good and likely would have gotten in with minimal prep - a few months of classes to fill in the gaps between what the TJ test expects vs what their schools covered, exposure to the types of questions on the test, etc.

I think there are several factors keeping the non-asians away 
- The rigor of TJ - This scares Parents as well as students
- Lack of awareness
- The commitment/sacrifices that the kid and parents have to make
- Not fitting in.  I suspect most locals do not want to go to a place that's mostly Asian.[/quote]

As a white TJ parent, they are missing out.  Yep.  My kid is a minority. Since he’s a white male, I’m glad. Most white men never stop and think about what it’s like not to be in the majority. I think it’s an important experience to have.  I am not really interesting in my kid becoming Mr. White Male Privilege.

But here the thing.  The kids are all more alike than different.  Yes, it’s 70% Asian.  But “Asian” is not a monolith. Chinese, Different areas of India, Korean, etc. etc. Many different religions. Many different cultures.  This is a big reason I raise my kids in the DMV. So that they can be exposed to different languages, food, cultures, ways of doing things, religions.    It’s a global world out there.  You can sit there and pretend you can always live and work in a white enclave. Or you can learn to work with other people and how to operate in a world where people have different points of view. . You might even discover that going to iNite or a lunar New Years celebration makes your life richer.

And almost all the kids are Americanized. It’s not the Asian kids over here and the white kids over there.  It’s a mixed HoCo group.  Everyone on the volleyball team together.  A mixed student council. They all do the robot project.  They all survive Math 4. They all do the iBet project.  They all work their tails off.

Speaking of work their tails off. It’s an incredibly wholesome group of kids whose parents are very involved and know what their kids are up to.  They spend a lot of time studying.  They spend a lot of time at ECs, many like music and sports, aren’t even academic. They spend too much time on YouTube. They’re is very little alcohol use. Almost no drug use. Nobody’s vaping pot in the bathroom. The kids have good life goals.   My kid could do much worse in terms of peers. [/quote]

Well said and agree-another TJ parent.[/quote]

So self-congratulatory and so self-indulgent.

The parents turn a blind eye to the rampant cheating, depression, and Adderall abuse. [/quote]
Those words coming from the mouth of a liar like you won't be credible. Keep labeling. That's all you can do.[/quote]

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