4% of the county high school student population is not a small number of learners. A small number would be half of a percent of less.

Anonymous wrote:Is the purpose of TJ to provide a tech school for kids who are interested or is it to be the top school in the state/country?

If it is to provide a tech school for those interested in tech, it should be lottery. If it is to be the top school, that won’t work.

Check the TJ charter.

The stated purpose of Virginia Governor's Schools: "The Virginia Governor's School Program has been designed to assist divisions as they meet the needs of a small population of students whose learning levels are remarkably different from their age-level peers. The foundation of the Virginia Governor's School Program centers on best practices in the field of gifted education and the presentation of advanced content to able learners."

Is the purpose of TJ to provide a tech school for kids who are interested or is it to be the top school in the state/country?

If it is to provide a tech school for those interested in tech, it should be lottery. If it is to be the top school, that won’t work.

Check the TJ charter.

All you seem to know is that you’re embarrassed, but you don’t know why! So sad!

TJ should have equal access.

The TJ forums are so much better when you have actual people discussing it who know what they're talking about.

This thread is so far off the rails it's embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ admission should be a pure lottery for all who meet application requirements.

Every school should have its quotas.

That’s the only thing hat would make it fair.

Might as well shut it down at that point since it will no longer serve its intended purpose.

And why is that it will not serve its intended purpose?

What’s the purpose? Pay for play?

If you aren’t happy with the situation, move to another district or go private

If I’m not happy with the ‘pay for play’ situation move away?


How pathetic of you.

I’m not moving anywhere, and TJ WILL become pure lottery admission. You watch!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ admission should be a pure lottery for all who meet application requirements.

Every school should have its quotas.

That’s the only thing hat would make it fair.

Might as well shut it down at that point since it will no longer serve its intended purpose.

And why is that it will not serve its intended purpose?

What’s the purpose? Pay for play?

If you aren’t happy with the situation, move to another district or go private

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ admission should be a pure lottery for all who meet application requirements.

Every school should have its quotas.

That’s the only thing hat would make it fair.

Might as well shut it down at that point since it will no longer serve its intended purpose.

And why is that it will not serve its intended purpose?

What’s the purpose? Pay for play?

Anonymous wrote:TJ admission should be a pure lottery for all who meet application requirements.

Every school should have its quotas.

That’s the only thing hat would make it fair.

Might as well shut it down at that point since it will no longer serve its intended purpose.

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Anonymous wrote:promoting untalented with the lottery! what next??

That’s what the application criteria is for.

If all atJ kids would be talentet, why aren’t they all famous? Almost all of them are invisible.

Not if you follow the world of 13 year olds outside of Hollywood. Besides, if your kid peaks by 13, you have a lot of problems. Ask Macaulay Culkin.

No one is insinuating being famous at 13.

Why aren’t they notable after college graduation and into their careers? If they were so talented we’d have heard of them.

Look up notable alumni and you will see the names. But most are very happy and successful private people.

You need to, and find some notable stem people. Most TJ notables are in the arts. That speaks for itself.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:promoting untalented with the lottery! what next??

That’s what the application criteria is for.

If all atJ kids would be talentet, why aren’t they all famous? Almost all of them are invisible.

Not if you follow the world of 13 year olds outside of Hollywood. Besides, if your kid peaks by 13, you have a lot of problems. Ask Macaulay Culkin.

No one is insinuating being famous at 13.

Why aren’t they notable after college graduation and into their careers? If they were so talented we’d have heard of them.

Please. You can find Alumni from any of the Prestige Colleges that are famous and go one to do amazing things but they are still a relatively small percentage of the total population of people who attend or graduate from those schools. The same for TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:promoting untalented with the lottery! what next??

That’s what the application criteria is for.

If all atJ kids would be talentet, why aren’t they all famous? Almost all of them are invisible.

Not if you follow the world of 13 year olds outside of Hollywood. Besides, if your kid peaks by 13, you have a lot of problems. Ask Macaulay Culkin.

No one is insinuating being famous at 13.

Why aren’t they notable after college graduation and into their careers? If they were so talented we’d have heard of them.

Look up notable alumni and you will see the names. But most are very happy and successful private people.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:promoting untalented with the lottery! what next??

That’s what the application criteria is for.

If all atJ kids would be talentet, why aren’t they all famous? Almost all of them are invisible.

Not if you follow the world of 13 year olds outside of Hollywood. Besides, if your kid peaks by 13, you have a lot of problems. Ask Macaulay Culkin.

No one is insinuating being famous at 13.

Why aren’t they notable after college graduation and into their careers? If they were so talented we’d have heard of them.

Cut the bs. You know it’s not fair to overrepresent certain schools.

Nah...it should be Purge style: all 8th grade hopefuls go to Burke Lake Park for the weekend, and the last 500 standing are the incoming freshman class.

Or maybe the parents of the 8th graders participate in the Purge. We could sell walk-around and hospitality tent tickets like at a golf tournament, and the money raised could go to boost the Young Scholars programs at the eastern schools, so overtime the "applicant" pool would become more competitive.