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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your thesaurus is impressive, but your logic is not.

We ARE empathetic to those wo bear the impact. We are hoping that these changes will significantly improve the lives of countless 10-13 year olds in Northern Virginia by keeping thousands of dollars in their parents' pockets and hundreds of hours of time back into their lives to be healthy and well-rounded kids before they go on to change the STEM world. It's a relatively small number of them who will be impacted by not attending TJ (probably less than 100 per year), and in most cases they will still have outstanding options to get a phenomenal high school education and will probably improve their college prospects in the process.

We know this because we've seen it happen for dozens of years. No one would reasonably expect you to understand the reality of this situation because you probably haven't been through it. But that's OKAY. [/quote]You are delusional and your efforts are completely misplaced. Parents will decide how to spend their own money, they don't need YOU to tell them. And they will decide whether they will support their kids in getting as good as they can be in sports, or STEM, or whatever else. Well rounded kids - you do understand that it means different things to different families, right? Unless you moved here from a socialist country, I do not understand your need for this level of control at all. [/quote]

It goes without saying that parents will decide how to spend their money and raise their children.

But they should not be rewarded through the TJ admissions process for streamlining their child's development from such an early age - and creating an opaque admissions process that intentionally seeks exceptional students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse interests will de-incentivize the sort of destructive behavior that has resulted in the significant mental health issues that have plagued TJ for over a decade.

The number of families who feel forced to play catch-up with this behavior in order to have a shot at TJ was staggering over the years.

Raise your kids however you want - just don't feel entitled to a reward for your choices.[/quote]

You can't argue the messiah. "They" know it all. They have garnered wisdom over decades having spent countless hours on rumination and also understand everything about mental health and know what's good for you without even knowing you. Thank you. Thank you! [/quote]

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