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Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

Idiots always believe they are more well rounded just because they have low IQ.

You are both right

Bosses of these folks almost always have lower IQ but they make more money, have more friends and are generally happier. To each their own. TJ really fits the bamboo ceiling stereotype. Most of the TJ graduates top out very quickly on the pay scale and never reach management levels.

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Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

Idiots always believe they are more well rounded just because they have low IQ.

You are both right

Bosses of these folks almost always have lower IQ but they make more money, have more friends and are generally happier. To each their own. TJ really fits the bamboo ceiling stereotype. Most of the TJ graduates top out very quickly on the pay scale and never reach management levels.

Sure. These people topped out quickly on the pay scale [url]https://www.ideaventionsacademy.org/faculty-and-leadership.html[url] that is why they are now running their own STEM focused private school after being in industry leading careers at a very young age.

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Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

Idiots always believe they are more well rounded just because they have low IQ.

You are both right

Bosses of these folks almost always have lower IQ but they make more money, have more friends and are generally happier. To each their own. TJ really fits the bamboo ceiling stereotype. Most of the TJ graduates top out very quickly on the pay scale and never reach management levels.

Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

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Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

Idiots always believe they are more well rounded just because they have low IQ.

You are both right

Bosses of these folks almost always have lower IQ but they make more money, have more friends and are generally happier. To each their own. TJ really fits the bamboo ceiling stereotype. Most of the TJ graduates top out very quickly on the pay scale and never reach management levels.

Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

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Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

Idiots always believe they are more well rounded just because they have low IQ.

Anonymous wrote:That list is not impressive compared to the hype. Most of them ended up at average to above average schools . For all of the misery at TJ I wonder if the kids think it was a mistake to attend. TJ students might stand out more and be less one dimensional if they weren't competing with students that are groomed since pre-K to memorize and take tests. A school were being a robot is the goal. They probably would be more well rounded if they went to school in a more normal environment.

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Anonymous wrote:I see more threads these days calling for TJ to be closed. It doesn’t really surprise me as the school is elitist and there is increased focus on equity.

Certainly you know DCUM is not real life. One or two parents being pissed their kid was not admitted and venting here, or fantasizing about shutting down th school that said it was too good for their kid, has nothing to do with support for TJ IRL. I have been here 15 years, and have notice concern about shifting demographics. And concern about the TJ arms race in western county MSs. And tweaks in admissions on the margins to address it. But I have not seen any decrease in support for the existence of TJ. In fact, it’s pretty clear that no one wants to be the person who changed something and broke TJ.

Or maybe they are people familiar with strong public school systems that didn’t feel the need to create a magnet school or a separate AAP track because they were more secure in their excellence. Or civil rights advocates aware of the dearth of Black and Hispanic kids at TJ. But keep pretending it’s a few malcontents.

Such as?

+1. Please name this mythical excellent plubliic school system, larger than a few schools serving a uniformly affluent suburb (say 20+% FARMs) that does not track. In this area, APS tracks, MCPS tracks, FCPS tracks generally does not, but even they have magnet HSs.

There is a difference between monitoring student progress and fetishizing academic differentiation to the degree that FCPS does. But you knew that already, didn’t you?

In other words, you can’t name a school system. So, name the excellent school system that merely “monitors student progress” without “fetishiIng differentiation.” Sound like Mumbai jumbo to me. I’d like to see what this mythical school system is doing right.

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Anonymous wrote:I see more threads these days calling for TJ to be closed. It doesn’t really surprise me as the school is elitist and there is increased focus on equity.

Certainly you know DCUM is not real life. One or two parents being pissed their kid was not admitted and venting here, or fantasizing about shutting down th school that said it was too good for their kid, has nothing to do with support for TJ IRL. I have been here 15 years, and have notice concern about shifting demographics. And concern about the TJ arms race in western county MSs. And tweaks in admissions on the margins to address it. But I have not seen any decrease in support for the existence of TJ. In fact, it’s pretty clear that no one wants to be the person who changed something and broke TJ.

Or maybe they are people familiar with strong public school systems that didn’t feel the need to create a magnet school or a separate AAP track because they were more secure in their excellence. Or civil rights advocates aware of the dearth of Black and Hispanic kids at TJ. But keep pretending it’s a few malcontents.

Such as?

+1. Please name this mythical excellent plubliic school system, larger than a few schools serving a uniformly affluent suburb (say 20+% FARMs) that does not track. In this area, APS tracks, MCPS tracks, FCPS tracks generally does not, but even they have magnet HSs.

There is a difference between monitoring student progress and fetishizing academic differentiation to the degree that FCPS does. But you knew that already, didn’t you?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see more threads these days calling for TJ to be closed. It doesn’t really surprise me as the school is elitist and there is increased focus on equity.

Certainly you know DCUM is not real life. One or two parents being pissed their kid was not admitted and venting here, or fantasizing about shutting down th school that said it was too good for their kid, has nothing to do with support for TJ IRL. I have been here 15 years, and have notice concern about shifting demographics. And concern about the TJ arms race in western county MSs. And tweaks in admissions on the margins to address it. But I have not seen any decrease in support for the existence of TJ. In fact, it’s pretty clear that no one wants to be the person who changed something and broke TJ.

Or maybe they are people familiar with strong public school systems that didn’t feel the need to create a magnet school or a separate AAP track because they were more secure in their excellence. Or civil rights advocates aware of the dearth of Black and Hispanic kids at TJ. But keep pretending it’s a few malcontents.

Such as?

+1. Please name this mythical excellent plubliic school system, larger than a few schools serving a uniformly affluent suburb (say 20+% FARMs) that does not track. In this area, APS tracks, MCPS tracks, FCPS tracks generally does not, but even they have magnet HSs.