Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Perception is not always reality. I am not worried if my comments falls flat for the people in this thread who argue that anything that decreases the number of Asians at TJ as racist because there is nothing that can be done that will be seen as fair to those folks. Short of returning to the old system that is systemically unfair to kids who do not have the money or knowledge or ability (having to care for siblings/work/do something for the family) to attend STEM extras or take extra math or take Prep classes, nothing will make that particular crowd happy. Everything that changes the old system is, by de fault, racist. There is no conversation to be had.
Adjusting the seats so that there is a guarantee that kids meeting basic requirements that can be achieved in all Middle Schools in FCPS will be able to earn a seat at TJ is not racist. Any person or any race can take honors classes and Algebra and maintain a specific GPA. You can argue that it is not rigorous enough to attend TJ and we can disagree on that but it is a baseline criteria that everyone has an opportunity to achieve, regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status.
The geographic guarantee means that there will be fewer at will seats for kids at the traditional feeder schools because there are now students from all MS accepted at TJ and accepting the offer to attend TJ.
The idea that most Asian students interested in TJ attend the AAP Centers for MS means that fewer Asian students will be selected for TJ. The fact that most of the Black and Hispanic kids that were selected for TJ this year are at non AAP Center schools and are at MS that have not has as many kids selected using the old criteria.
People who are so interested in TJ can choose to send their kids to their base MS and not the Center. That doesn't guarantee anything because we are discussing 7-12 seats per year and the extra qualifiers probably come into play when there are multiple people who fall into that top 1.5% and that will decrease the chance of an Asian or White candidate at those schools.
You can argue that TJ selection criteria should be different but plenty of people feel differently. Not every kid has access to STEM extra curricular activities or supplemental math classes so that they are taking Algebra in 6th grade, heck not every school allows Algebra in 6th grade. My kids ES does not discuss Algebra in 6th grade and we are an UMC school and it is not a possibility. Not every kid is taking prep classes or doing prep books for the NNAT or CogAT or the TJ tests. While some think that the fact that parents, and some kids, are pursuing those options for their kids and the kids excel in them is an indication how much more deserving those kids are of attending TJ, many people don't agree. And that disagreement, at least for me, has nothing to do with race and everything to do with reasonable access requirements for a public resource in the form of TJ.
My kid is white, UMC and will be attending Rachel Carson because it his base school. He is also in AAP so would have the change of attending one of the Centers if Carson wasn't his base. These changes are likely to diminish his chances of attending TJ. I am fine with that. I don't know if he is going to be interested in TJ when that time comes. I also know that he will have excellent opportunities at his base HS.
Two wrongs don't make a right. The TJ situation before last year was not right. The "fix" was not right either. And here we are.
I don't have a solution but to me clearly the school board and Braband did not have to rush it (especially in the middle of the Pandemic when schools were dealing with unprecedented issues). Where does the solution lie? Perhaps in more inclusive consultation and less of "us and them". Less of the moral police speaking down to the impacted folks. The eventual outcome will not please all but at least everyone would feel like they had a say in the design.
UVA is inclusive and diverse and they make sure that they do not fill up the class with high-stats/well resourced NoVA kids. How did they do that? There has been very little theater and chest-thumping from the UVA administration (unlike our School Board) and everyone seems ok?
I understand that UVA and FCPS are different but that is why we need leadership on the School Board to deal with seemingly intractable problems and not pork barrel politicians with pet issues.
Anonymous wrote:
Short of returning to the old system that is systemically unfair to kids who do not have the money or knowledge or ability (having to care for siblings/work/do something for the family) to attend STEM extras or take extra math or take Prep classes, nothing will make that particular crowd happy.
Any person or any race can take honors classes and Algebra and maintain a specific GPA. You can argue that it is not rigorous enough to attend TJ and we can disagree on that but it is a baseline criteria that everyone has an opportunity to achieve, regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status.
People who are so interested in TJ can choose to send their kids to their base MS and not the Center. That doesn't guarantee anything because we are discussing 7-12 seats per year and the extra qualifiers probably come into play when there are multiple people who fall into that top 1.5% and that will decrease the chance of an Asian or White candidate at those schools.
Anonymous wrote:Perception is not always reality. I am not worried if my comments falls flat for the people in this thread who argue that anything that decreases the number of Asians at TJ as racist because there is nothing that can be done that will be seen as fair to those folks. Short of returning to the old system that is systemically unfair to kids who do not have the money or knowledge or ability (having to care for siblings/work/do something for the family) to attend STEM extras or take extra math or take Prep classes, nothing will make that particular crowd happy. Everything that changes the old system is, by de fault, racist. There is no conversation to be had.
Adjusting the seats so that there is a guarantee that kids meeting basic requirements that can be achieved in all Middle Schools in FCPS will be able to earn a seat at TJ is not racist. Any person or any race can take honors classes and Algebra and maintain a specific GPA. You can argue that it is not rigorous enough to attend TJ and we can disagree on that but it is a baseline criteria that everyone has an opportunity to achieve, regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status.
The geographic guarantee means that there will be fewer at will seats for kids at the traditional feeder schools because there are now students from all MS accepted at TJ and accepting the offer to attend TJ.
The idea that most Asian students interested in TJ attend the AAP Centers for MS means that fewer Asian students will be selected for TJ. The fact that most of the Black and Hispanic kids that were selected for TJ this year are at non AAP Center schools and are at MS that have not has as many kids selected using the old criteria.
People who are so interested in TJ can choose to send their kids to their base MS and not the Center. That doesn't guarantee anything because we are discussing 7-12 seats per year and the extra qualifiers probably come into play when there are multiple people who fall into that top 1.5% and that will decrease the chance of an Asian or White candidate at those schools.
You can argue that TJ selection criteria should be different but plenty of people feel differently. Not every kid has access to STEM extra curricular activities or supplemental math classes so that they are taking Algebra in 6th grade, heck not every school allows Algebra in 6th grade. My kids ES does not discuss Algebra in 6th grade and we are an UMC school and it is not a possibility. Not every kid is taking prep classes or doing prep books for the NNAT or CogAT or the TJ tests. While some think that the fact that parents, and some kids, are pursuing those options for their kids and the kids excel in them is an indication how much more deserving those kids are of attending TJ, many people don't agree. And that disagreement, at least for me, has nothing to do with race and everything to do with reasonable access requirements for a public resource in the form of TJ.
My kid is white, UMC and will be attending Rachel Carson because it his base school. He is also in AAP so would have the change of attending one of the Centers if Carson wasn't his base. These changes are likely to diminish his chances of attending TJ. I am fine with that. I don't know if he is going to be interested in TJ when that time comes. I also know that he will have excellent opportunities at his base HS.
Anonymous wrote:Asians are 100% discriminated against. There is no doubt that this is an issue. Lots of examples, historical and ongoing.
Attempts at increasing access to a Public school that serves the County so that the school reflects the County as a whole is not inherently Racist. Increasing representation of Blacks and Hispanic students, many of whom are lower income, means that the groups that represent the majority, in this case Asian students, will see a decline in their numbers. That said, the Asian population at TJ is still well above their percentage of the population in the County. The move to guaranteeing admission to the top students from every middle school in the County increased representation of underrepresented groups and diminished the number of students from other middle schools.
There are members of the School Board who are prejudiced against Asians if not racist.
Both statements are true. But that doesn't mean the attempt to insure that kids from across the County have an opportunity to attend an amazing school is, by definition, racist.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Man you step away from this thread for a bit and its starts getting racist as sh*t. I'm tempted to ask for moderation but I think it's informative for people to see each others true colors.
Very racist.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am an asian and I do not mind making changes to increase the diversity. However, I hate to say its not well thought out and not all factors were taken into consideration. AAP center schools are at a disadvantage as every school gets the same minimum quota and its a lot easier to get into TJ from a non AAP center school than AAP center school. Also, there is no preference for a smarter or hard working kid who took all honors courses in middle school along with Geo HN/Algebra II HN and STEM focus electives compared to someone who just took the easier route of Algebra I in 8th grade and got the similar GPA. In my opinion TJ will be slowly watered down in over all quality as it is forced to cater to a much wider range of students than earlier, though still going to be better than other high schools in the area.
You are exactly right. It wasn’t well thought through unless you think the goal was also to water down AAP centers. FCPS doesn’t stand for excellence in education any longer. It’s sad to watch the decline and neglect by a bunch of utterly worthless hacks.
Yeah, maybe you should move to Arlington, Loudoun, or private maybe.
You should go back to the country your ancestors came from, maybe.
Jail?
My ancestors put my people in the position where they can control who attends TJ. My people decided to change who is admitted and that’s that. You should be happy my people allow yours to come to this country, enjoy our culture, and attend our schools. We could have left you on the other side of the world eating your General Tsoes rat meat.
Except that your ancestors did so by murdering American Indians (the true Americans) and enslaving black people. Expecting the offspring of murderers and criminals to be civilized is just a pipe dream.
The story of raping murdering and stealing your clan’s/tribe’s/etc. way to power is a tale as old as time. White people from Europe aren’t special.
Making laws and rules granting equal status to ethnic/racial outsiders is what’s different. I can’t imagine going to Nigeria China Mexico Pakistan with my different heritage and phenotype and telling them why they suck. At least, not without my guest pass (because you know I wouldn’t have equal status even if I’d lived there a decade) being revoked, harsh words directed my way and an escort to the airport to get the fck out.
It’s amazing when you think about it.
It’s amc
I am not sure you have ever been out or the country. Yes. People Europeans did go all those countries, told people they sucked and stole from there too. It is just that your time is up now supreme white one.
I think it should now be obvious to Blacks/Hispanics that you are being played by white liberals like this guy and Scotty. They just want to try to keep themselves on top by acting all morally superior using URMs as tokens. Don't fall for it.
URM’s aren’t being used. They have been discriminated against here in America every since Columbus got here. We know Scotty is no friend of ours, but Youngkin is even less our friend.
This isn’t our fight. We were being discriminated against before any new policy and are still being discriminated against under the new policy. All the racism you watch is endured and none of you other groups stand up and fight for us. You actually join in and kick us while we are down. A lot of you have demonstrate vitriol towards URM’s. Just read how you talk about us on DCUM.
If you are being treated wrong, that’s unfortunate, but we are experiencing a lot of racism in other areas which we are fighting against. Hold your own nuts!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am an asian and I do not mind making changes to increase the diversity. However, I hate to say its not well thought out and not all factors were taken into consideration. AAP center schools are at a disadvantage as every school gets the same minimum quota and its a lot easier to get into TJ from a non AAP center school than AAP center school. Also, there is no preference for a smarter or hard working kid who took all honors courses in middle school along with Geo HN/Algebra II HN and STEM focus electives compared to someone who just took the easier route of Algebra I in 8th grade and got the similar GPA. In my opinion TJ will be slowly watered down in over all quality as it is forced to cater to a much wider range of students than earlier, though still going to be better than other high schools in the area.
You are exactly right. It wasn’t well thought through unless you think the goal was also to water down AAP centers. FCPS doesn’t stand for excellence in education any longer. It’s sad to watch the decline and neglect by a bunch of utterly worthless hacks.
Yeah, maybe you should move to Arlington, Loudoun, or private maybe.
You should go back to the country your ancestors came from, maybe.
Jail?
My ancestors put my people in the position where they can control who attends TJ. My people decided to change who is admitted and that’s that. You should be happy my people allow yours to come to this country, enjoy our culture, and attend our schools. We could have left you on the other side of the world eating your General Tsoes rat meat.
Except that your ancestors did so by murdering American Indians (the true Americans) and enslaving black people. Expecting the offspring of murderers and criminals to be civilized is just a pipe dream.
The story of raping murdering and stealing your clan’s/tribe’s/etc. way to power is a tale as old as time. White people from Europe aren’t special.
Making laws and rules granting equal status to ethnic/racial outsiders is what’s different. I can’t imagine going to Nigeria China Mexico Pakistan with my different heritage and phenotype and telling them why they suck. At least, not without my guest pass (because you know I wouldn’t have equal status even if I’d lived there a decade) being revoked, harsh words directed my way and an escort to the airport to get the fck out.
It’s amazing when you think about it.
It’s amc
I am not sure you have ever been out or the country. Yes. People Europeans did go all those countries, told people they sucked and stole from there too. It is just that your time is up now supreme white one.
I think it should now be obvious to Blacks/Hispanics that you are being played by white liberals like this guy and Scotty. They just want to try to keep themselves on top by acting all morally superior using URMs as tokens. Don't fall for it.
Anonymous wrote:Man you step away from this thread for a bit and its starts getting racist as sh*t. I'm tempted to ask for moderation but I think it's informative for people to see each others true colors.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am an asian and I do not mind making changes to increase the diversity. However, I hate to say its not well thought out and not all factors were taken into consideration. AAP center schools are at a disadvantage as every school gets the same minimum quota and its a lot easier to get into TJ from a non AAP center school than AAP center school. Also, there is no preference for a smarter or hard working kid who took all honors courses in middle school along with Geo HN/Algebra II HN and STEM focus electives compared to someone who just took the easier route of Algebra I in 8th grade and got the similar GPA. In my opinion TJ will be slowly watered down in over all quality as it is forced to cater to a much wider range of students than earlier, though still going to be better than other high schools in the area.
You are exactly right. It wasn’t well thought through unless you think the goal was also to water down AAP centers. FCPS doesn’t stand for excellence in education any longer. It’s sad to watch the decline and neglect by a bunch of utterly worthless hacks.
Yeah, maybe you should move to Arlington, Loudoun, or private maybe.
You should go back to the country your ancestors came from, maybe.
Jail?
My ancestors put my people in the position where they can control who attends TJ. My people decided to change who is admitted and that’s that. You should be happy my people allow yours to come to this country, enjoy our culture, and attend our schools. We could have left you on the other side of the world eating your General Tsoes rat meat.
Except that your ancestors did so by murdering American Indians (the true Americans) and enslaving black people. Expecting the offspring of murderers and criminals to be civilized is just a pipe dream.
The story of raping murdering and stealing your clan’s/tribe’s/etc. way to power is a tale as old as time. White people from Europe aren’t special.
Making laws and rules granting equal status to ethnic/racial outsiders is what’s different. I can’t imagine going to Nigeria China Mexico Pakistan with my different heritage and phenotype and telling them why they suck. At least, not without my guest pass (because you know I wouldn’t have equal status even if I’d lived there a decade) being revoked, harsh words directed my way and an escort to the airport to get the fck out.
It’s amazing when you think about it.
It’s amc
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am an asian and I do not mind making changes to increase the diversity. However, I hate to say its not well thought out and not all factors were taken into consideration. AAP center schools are at a disadvantage as every school gets the same minimum quota and its a lot easier to get into TJ from a non AAP center school than AAP center school. Also, there is no preference for a smarter or hard working kid who took all honors courses in middle school along with Geo HN/Algebra II HN and STEM focus electives compared to someone who just took the easier route of Algebra I in 8th grade and got the similar GPA. In my opinion TJ will be slowly watered down in over all quality as it is forced to cater to a much wider range of students than earlier, though still going to be better than other high schools in the area.
You are exactly right. It wasn’t well thought through unless you think the goal was also to water down AAP centers. FCPS doesn’t stand for excellence in education any longer. It’s sad to watch the decline and neglect by a bunch of utterly worthless hacks.
Yeah, maybe you should move to Arlington, Loudoun, or private maybe.
You should go back to the country your ancestors came from, maybe.
Jail?
My ancestors put my people in the position where they can control who attends TJ. My people decided to change who is admitted and that’s that. You should be happy my people allow yours to come to this country, enjoy our culture, and attend our schools. We could have left you on the other side of the world eating your General Tsoes rat meat.
Except that your ancestors did so by murdering American Indians (the true Americans) and enslaving black people. Expecting the offspring of murderers and criminals to be civilized is just a pipe dream.
The story of raping murdering and stealing your clan’s/tribe’s/etc. way to power is a tale as old as time. White people from Europe aren’t special.
Making laws and rules granting equal status to ethnic/racial outsiders is what’s different. I can’t imagine going to Nigeria China Mexico Pakistan with my different heritage and phenotype and telling them why they suck. At least, not without my guest pass (because you know I wouldn’t have equal status even if I’d lived there a decade) being revoked, harsh words directed my way and an escort to the airport to get the fck out.
It’s amazing when you think about it.
It’s amc