Anonymous
04/10/2018 16:03
Subject: Going to TJ doesn't guarantee success
Anonymous wrote:I read this thread off and on, but have refrained from responding.
It's oxymoronic to me to both deny or confirm OP's premise of un-gaurenteed success from TJ.
One could wish for success however, and even those who "don't succeed" there undoubtedly benefit from going.
So, I view the premise as a non-starter, especially given some of the public school systems in Virginia who both allow going there and don't in-spite of Thomas Jefferson High School being a STATE school to which all county and cities contribute through state taxes.
Pp here sorry.
Anonymous
04/10/2018 15:56
Subject: Going to TJ doesn't guarantee success
I read this thread off and on, but have refrained from responding.
It's oxymoronic to me to both deny or confirm OP's premise of un-gaurenteed success from TJ.
One could with for worth however, and event those who "don't succeed" there undoubtedly benefit from going.
So, I view the premise as a non-starter, especially given some of the public school systems in Virginia who both allow going there and don't in-spite of Thomas Jefferson High School being a STATE school to which all county and cities contribute through state taxes.
It's oxymoronic to me to both deny or confirm OP's premise of un-gaurenteed success from TJ.
One could with for worth however, and event those who "don't succeed" there undoubtedly benefit from going.
So, I view the premise as a non-starter, especially given some of the public school systems in Virginia who both allow going there and don't in-spite of Thomas Jefferson High School being a STATE school to which all county and cities contribute through state taxes.
Anonymous
04/10/2018 11:18
Subject: Re:Going to TJ doesn't guarantee success
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0
????? This story is about a woman who was sexually assaulted. What proof??
I’d you read the whole article, she’s crazy. She’s a tj grad.
That is a very sad article about a very disturbed girl and an extremely immature and socially incompetent young man. That has zero to do with TJHSST.
The point was that the post said going to tj doesn’t guarantee success. The article shows that’s true.
Has anyone ever said that 8th grades getting admission offers also get the gold plated success in life certificate? TJ attracts kids who are already successful. A lot of TJ grads are successful. The school helps. The fact that they were the kids who were poised to be successful anyway also plays a role. There are no guarantees in anything. Life is messy, and anyone dealing in absolutes is foolish.
Anonymous
04/10/2018 11:17
Subject: Re:Going to TJ doesn't guarantee success
Anonymous
04/10/2018 11:12
Subject: Re:Going to TJ doesn't guarantee success
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here’s proof of this theory:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.html?_r=0
????? This story is about a woman who was sexually assaulted. What proof??
I’d you read the whole article, she’s crazy. She’s a tj grad.
That is a very sad article about a very disturbed girl and an extremely immature and socially incompetent young man. That has zero to do with TJHSST.
The point was that the post said going to tj doesn’t guarantee success. The article shows that’s true.
Where does it even say that she went to TJ? Not in the article you linked. And of course, it is common knowledge that going ANYWHERE doesn't guarantee success. Why don't you prove that going to a base HS guarantees more success than going to TJ does.
You are trying to make an exception the rule.