Anonymous wrote:I will tell you as an FCPS high school teacher, you could not pay me enough to teach at TJ. All my colleagues say the same. The pressure there would drive us insane. "That parent" from our regular high school is multiplied by 10 at TJ.

It is a very small pool of interested applicants.

I don't know that I'm the average parent, but I don't have time for that -ish. I also have my kid advocate instead of me.

That said I've seen so much unfair grading practices it stresses me out. I send my kid to school sick because in some classes they say "tough" and "eat the 0" when you're sick.

Anonymous wrote:
You need to talk to the principal, not to us here on DCUM. We cannot help you with your specific complaints. Or maybe your school board member.

We have a new principal so I'm sure he'll learn. Both teachers are well known among parents who have complained for years. Nothing was done about it under Bonitatibus.

That said, I have sympathy for a teacher going through a rough time but it's been 3 years since her stillbirth. That's a lot of time to still feel the need to torture students and parents.

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Anonymous wrote:
I will tell you as an FCPS high school teacher, you could not pay me enough to teach at TJ. All my colleagues say the same. The pressure there would drive us insane. "That parent" from our regular high school is multiplied by 10 at TJ.

It is a very small pool of interested applicants.


It’s actually a much better place to teach than many schools. Less entitlement among the parents than schools like Langley, McLean and Madison but no behavioral issues.

And you know this how? Did you take a survey of the teachers at those schools?

Did you ask the previous “teacher” poster if they did a survey?

Anonymous wrote:My understanding of FCPS PE is that it doesn't matter how much athletic ability you have, the grades are mainly based on the tests in the health curriculum. Maybe your kid should focus more on the exams...

Kid has 100% on all the assignments. She intentionally gives Cs on in person presentations. AKA her choice to give the bad grades vs objective grades.

My understanding of FCPS PE is that it doesn't matter how much athletic ability you have, the grades are mainly based on the tests in the health curriculum. Maybe your kid should focus more on the exams...

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I would be leery of getting information verified by "a friend's husband" and thinking that a "B" in PE is related to athletic ability. You are not there in the classroom and your information is second and third hand.

Your kid really needs to work hard to not get an A in PE.

Any able bodied kid who earns a B in PE should get grounded and have their electronics taken away by their parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I will tell you as an FCPS high school teacher, you could not pay me enough to teach at TJ. All my colleagues say the same. The pressure there would drive us insane. "That parent" from our regular high school is multiplied by 10 at TJ.

It is a very small pool of interested applicants.

It’s actually a much better place to teach than many schools. Less entitlement among the parents than schools like Langley, McLean and Madison but no behavioral issues.

PP who is a teacher apparently disagrees with you. Of course she may have been referring to the many TJ parents who have behavioral issues, thinking that they and their children are perfect, rather than to TJ students.

Anonymous wrote:
I will tell you as an FCPS high school teacher, you could not pay me enough to teach at TJ. All my colleagues say the same. The pressure there would drive us insane. "That parent" from our regular high school is multiplied by 10 at TJ.

It is a very small pool of interested applicants.


It’s actually a much better place to teach than many schools. Less entitlement among the parents than schools like Langley, McLean and Madison but no behavioral issues.

And you know this how? Did you take a survey of the teachers at those schools?

I would be leery of getting information verified by "a friend's husband" and thinking that a "B" in PE is related to athletic ability. You are not there in the classroom and your information is second and third hand.

Anonymous wrote:I will tell you as an FCPS high school teacher, you could not pay me enough to teach at TJ. All my colleagues say the same. The pressure there would drive us insane. "That parent" from our regular high school is multiplied by 10 at TJ.

It is a very small pool of interested applicants.

It’s actually a much better place to teach than many schools. Less entitlement among the parents than schools like Langley, McLean and Madison but no behavioral issues.

its a mixed bag at all FCPS high schools. Your two issues (a B in PE? A teacher actually teaching but the information is outdated)? Are not actually issues let alone "terrible".

TJ teachers are just FCPS teachers. They’re not any better.

You need to talk to the principal, not to us here on DCUM. We cannot help you with your specific complaints. Or maybe your school board member.

I will tell you as an FCPS high school teacher, you could not pay me enough to teach at TJ. All my colleagues say the same. The pressure there would drive us insane. "That parent" from our regular high school is multiplied by 10 at TJ.

It is a very small pool of interested applicants.

How is this a thing?

I'm a parent of a freshman so I've had very little exposure to teachers yet, but already there are two very bad teachers that seem should be removed ASAP and I don't know how they are still employed.

Teacher #1 -
I've met so many parents independently of boys, girls, athletes, non-athetes complain about this one PE teacher. In her back to school night presentation she talks about her stillbirth. Which I think was set up to prepare us for her constant absences and negative attitude.

My varsity athlete in 3 sports absolutely dreads PE with her and has a B despite actually trying and being one of the best (insert any activity they're doing). She actively goes after them too. I only get constant negative reports from her when no other teacher ever even sends me an email.

Teacher #2
He's 80+ teaching foundations of computer science and everything he teaches the kids is outdated. He doesn't follow the curriculum so any kids in his class are then at a disadvantage for future CS classes at TJ. All this information was verified by a friend's husband who does programming professionally so knows the material he's teaching and methods are all way, way out of date.

Bottom-line:
How, at a top-notch school, do they not have better performance or even just-don't-suck standards for their teachers? TJ shouldn't be for every student or teacher.