Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ students who are that accelerated fall into two camps

- autistic savant in math
- children of tiger moms hellbent on MIT

How do the former get placed in precalculus in middle school, when no school has that as an option?

FCPS skips some kids ahead in math by several years in early ES. FCPS has maybe 1-5 kids per grade level who take Algebra I in 5th or even 4th grade. They take classes either at the nearest school that offers them, or they do it through the FCPS online campus.

Anonymous wrote:TJ students who are that accelerated fall into two camps

- autistic savant in math
- children of tiger moms hellbent on MIT

How do the former get placed in precalculus in middle school, when no school has that as an option?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proceed with caution. TJ kids routinely do relatively poorly on their first TJ math class. Whatever that is. For some kids its Math 1(geometry) , for others Math 3 (algebra II), for still others it is precalc/trig (Math 4). It can even be Calc AB or BC. I’ve had 2 go through TJ and they say that whatever the class is, it’s usually rough. Because TJ math is its own thing and requires a lot of adjustment. I’d be nervous about going into any TJ calc class without taking the TJ version of precalc. It’s a different standard.

Admit students who were expected to complete middle school math in middle school but failed to do so, and then justify their underperformance by broadly stating that everyone who enters TJ tends to perform poorly anyway. Spin narrative straight out of equity university?

j

Not what I said. Kids entering in Calc and/or Math 4 also struggle. They are not inherently better at TJ math. It’s an adjustment for all. I’ve actually heard that the kids who end up doing best in Calc are the ones who started with TJ Math 1 because they learned How to handle TJ math from the beginning. I know I wish my kids’ geometry and algebra 2 had been more rigorous pre TJ. It’s on another level.

Can tj students take math at base school similar to summer pe, world language, etc?

Not unless they transfer to base school

Anonymous wrote:
Can tj students take math at base school similar to summer pe, world language, etc?

There is no base school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proceed with caution. TJ kids routinely do relatively poorly on their first TJ math class. Whatever that is. For some kids its Math 1(geometry) , for others Math 3 (algebra II), for still others it is precalc/trig (Math 4). It can even be Calc AB or BC. I’ve had 2 go through TJ and they say that whatever the class is, it’s usually rough. Because TJ math is its own thing and requires a lot of adjustment. I’d be nervous about going into any TJ calc class without taking the TJ version of precalc. It’s a different standard.

Admit students who were expected to complete middle school math in middle school but failed to do so, and then justify their underperformance by broadly stating that everyone who enters TJ tends to perform poorly anyway. Spin narrative straight out of equity university?

j

Not what I said. Kids entering in Calc and/or Math 4 also struggle. They are not inherently better at TJ math. It’s an adjustment for all. I’ve actually heard that the kids who end up doing best in Calc are the ones who started with TJ Math 1 because they learned How to handle TJ math from the beginning. I know I wish my kids’ geometry and algebra 2 had been more rigorous pre TJ. It’s on another level.

Can tj students take math at base school similar to summer pe, world language, etc?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proceed with caution. TJ kids routinely do relatively poorly on their first TJ math class. Whatever that is. For some kids its Math 1(geometry) , for others Math 3 (algebra II), for still others it is precalc/trig (Math 4). It can even be Calc AB or BC. I’ve had 2 go through TJ and they say that whatever the class is, it’s usually rough. Because TJ math is its own thing and requires a lot of adjustment. I’d be nervous about going into any TJ calc class without taking the TJ version of precalc. It’s a different standard.

Admit students who were expected to complete middle school math in middle school but failed to do so, and then justify their underperformance by broadly stating that everyone who enters TJ tends to perform poorly anyway. Spin narrative straight out of equity university?

Not a fair reading of the prior post.

That PP can't read or think or do anything beyond spray talking points aimlessly. More words won't help.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proceed with caution. TJ kids routinely do relatively poorly on their first TJ math class. Whatever that is. For some kids its Math 1(geometry) , for others Math 3 (algebra II), for still others it is precalc/trig (Math 4). It can even be Calc AB or BC. I’ve had 2 go through TJ and they say that whatever the class is, it’s usually rough. Because TJ math is its own thing and requires a lot of adjustment. I’d be nervous about going into any TJ calc class without taking the TJ version of precalc. It’s a different standard.

Admit students who were expected to complete middle school math in middle school but failed to do so, and then justify their underperformance by broadly stating that everyone who enters TJ tends to perform poorly anyway. Spin narrative straight out of equity university?

j

Not what I said. Kids entering in Calc and/or Math 4 also struggle. They are not inherently better at TJ math. It’s an adjustment for all. I’ve actually heard that the kids who end up doing best in Calc are the ones who started with TJ Math 1 because they learned How to handle TJ math from the beginning. I know I wish my kids’ geometry and algebra 2 had been more rigorous pre TJ. It’s on another level.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proceed with caution. TJ kids routinely do relatively poorly on their first TJ math class. Whatever that is. For some kids its Math 1(geometry) , for others Math 3 (algebra II), for still others it is precalc/trig (Math 4). It can even be Calc AB or BC. I’ve had 2 go through TJ and they say that whatever the class is, it’s usually rough. Because TJ math is its own thing and requires a lot of adjustment. I’d be nervous about going into any TJ calc class without taking the TJ version of precalc. It’s a different standard.

Admit students who were expected to complete middle school math in middle school but failed to do so, and then justify their underperformance by broadly stating that everyone who enters TJ tends to perform poorly anyway. Spin narrative straight out of equity university?

Not a fair reading of the prior post.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ students who are that accelerated fall into two camps

- autistic savant in math
- children of tiger moms hellbent on MIT

Harvard. MIT knows how to check for ability vs acceleration.

perhaps they do. could it be because they dont use an essay to evaluate in-depth math and science proficiency?

Anonymous wrote:Proceed with caution. TJ kids routinely do relatively poorly on their first TJ math class. Whatever that is. For some kids its Math 1(geometry) , for others Math 3 (algebra II), for still others it is precalc/trig (Math 4). It can even be Calc AB or BC. I’ve had 2 go through TJ and they say that whatever the class is, it’s usually rough. Because TJ math is its own thing and requires a lot of adjustment. I’d be nervous about going into any TJ calc class without taking the TJ version of precalc. It’s a different standard.

Admit students who were expected to complete middle school math in middle school but failed to do so, and then justify their underperformance by broadly stating that everyone who enters TJ tends to perform poorly anyway. Spin narrative straight out of equity university?

Anonymous wrote:TJ students who are that accelerated fall into two camps

- autistic savant in math
- children of tiger moms hellbent on MIT

Harvard. MIT knows how to check for ability vs acceleration.

Proceed with caution. TJ kids routinely do relatively poorly on their first TJ math class. Whatever that is. For some kids its Math 1(geometry) , for others Math 3 (algebra II), for still others it is precalc/trig (Math 4). It can even be Calc AB or BC. I’ve had 2 go through TJ and they say that whatever the class is, it’s usually rough. Because TJ math is its own thing and requires a lot of adjustment. I’d be nervous about going into any TJ calc class without taking the TJ version of precalc. It’s a different standard.

Some FCPS students took Algebra 1 in 6th grade.
Some students came from private schools where they were allowed on a suer fast math track since ES. I know a 6 grader who's doing AP cal BC this year.

Anonymous wrote:TJ students who are that accelerated fall into two camps

- autistic savant in math
- children of tiger moms hellbent on MIT

OR one of the holistically admitted

TJ students who are that accelerated fall into two camps

- autistic savant in math
- children of tiger moms hellbent on MIT