Anonymous wrote:TJ math 3 (Algebra2): let your kids do all packages(one note package, one homework package, and other packages that math teacher posted on SIS). The best ways is parents help your kids to print all packages with the key packages from SIS. If your kids know how to do all the packages , then your kids can easily get A grade. But in fact, some knowledges in the packages are difficult to understand even if with the keys. The second Unit and the Third Unit are most difficult. Especially the third unit. I saw my kid's all packages and key packages , then summarized the formulas and important knowledges to let my kid learn. For some hard knowledges , I taught my kid with easier math methods that were not taught on the key packages. Some unit tests are hard because there are some question types are not on the packages. My kid's several good friends who all are smart all said math 3 were so hard in fact, because they at first thought math 3 would be very easy when my kid told them math 3 was not hard.
About the final exam, only doing the final study guied is not enough because TJ's final exam really are hard and have lots of questions.

DC in Algebra 2 at Herndon high, will finish with an easy B+. Every time I hear how difficult basic courses are at TJ, gracias a Dios we did make the right decision in rejecting the offer despite a ton of pressure to accept it.

Thanks for the tips!

TJ math 4 : the first two units are about trigonometry. Lots of trigonometry formulas and knowledges are needed to remember well in nearly 2 months. For most students, they need to learn trigonometry earlier if want to get a good grade . In fact, the unit exams of trigonometry are not hard, but the condition is your kid must be very familior with the trigonometry formulas. The unit 3 (matrix) and unit 4(vector) exams both are very hard, especially unit 4 (vector)exam, nearly all students can not finish lots of questions on unit 4 exam. Many questions types are not on the packages posted on SIS. So most of students' grades decreased sharply after unit 4 (vector)exam. Even if you finished note package, homework package, and other problem packages, it is still not easily to get a A grade score at unit 3(matrix) and unit 4(vector) exam. In fact, when you do all packages, you will think the test will be very easy, but the true TJ math 4 exam of unit 3 and 4 really are very hard. My kid is learning the unit 5(polar) , and do not know what result it is about the unit 5 and the final exam. Of course, it must be very hard for most of TJ students ,except for the math club students.

TJ math 3 (Algebra2): let your kids do all packages(one note package, one homework package, and other packages that math teacher posted on SIS). The best ways is parents help your kids to print all packages with the key packages from SIS. If your kids know how to do all the packages , then your kids can easily get A grade. But in fact, some knowledges in the packages are difficult to understand even if with the keys. The second Unit and the Third Unit are most difficult. Especially the third unit. I saw my kid's all packages and key packages , then summarized the formulas and important knowledges to let my kid learn. For some hard knowledges , I taught my kid with easier math methods that were not taught on the key packages. Some unit tests are hard because there are some question types are not on the packages. My kid's several good friends who all are smart all said math 3 were so hard in fact, because they at first thought math 3 would be very easy when my kid told them math 3 was not hard.
About the final exam, only doing the final study guied is not enough because TJ's final exam really are hard and have lots of questions.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought kids at TJ were all brilliant and did not need homework or tutoring help.

Wow, that's super helpful.

Sometimes smart kids need help too. And perhaps in the process of asking for help (and then receiving it), they work through the challenges and learn that they can do hard things. Yes, even at TJ. Looks like someone missed the growth mindset lesson at their kid's kindergarten orientation.

Completely agree. Some fantasize about what TJ is and should be and forget that TJ is still a public HS. As other HS, TJ students also struggle with and fail SOLs too.

Even MIT students require tutors in freshman year. TJ is no different. Equity naysayers pick on anything.

You may be correct, but MIT appears to be acknowledging its mistake by reinstating the SAT requirement in admissions.

Unrelated. MIT has had tutors for a long time, even pays for students to tutor.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought kids at TJ were all brilliant and did not need homework or tutoring help.

I don’t know about now, but when my kid was at TJ, all the kids who had prepped to get in needed extra tutoring just to keep up. They never had time for sports or extracurriculars because they needed tutoring after school.

0/10 fail marks. Rewrite your delusional story including cheating, test buying and Curie.

If you didn’t see this when your kid was at TJ, you just weren’t paying attention or not listening to your own child.

I drove back and forth from TJ several times a week for four years. I volunteered at the school and frequently drove kids to events. I heard the chatter among the kids and my child talked to me about what was going on. What’s written above is not the least bit delusional and describes a lot of kids at TJ at that time.

I drove back and forth from TJ every day of the week, four years, including weekend practices. And all I heard was it was one disgruntled individual that created this fictional story of test buying and cheating, and anonymous fake posts on tj vents were also mentioned.

Either you pay no attention at all to your children or you never actually had a kid at TJ.

Have you or a member of your family gone to TJ? If you did, you would know first hand that there are kids there who need tutors, and many of those kids are the same kids who did a fair amount of prepping to get in.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is in urgent need of tutor for next three weeks that can help with TJ 9th grade freshman math homework and the upcoming year end final. Tried using a couple of tutors, but they dont seem to be knowing TJ math, which DC says is different. There is 8th period access to teacher, but DC needs someone who can sit with them and explain the concepts not just answer specific problem related question at a time. Any local tutor references in Alexandria area or in driving distance nearby would help.

I assume your are talking about Research Stats 1 for math or are you talking about TJ Math 3? We used KryptonTutors which was a tutoring service run by some TJ Alum and they can handle both. Our tutor was Prerak Thakur (he is a Purdue now but may be available for tutoring).

RS1 is in fall. We are also looking for Math 3. Will reach out to them.

Anonymous wrote:DC is in urgent need of tutor for next three weeks that can help with TJ 9th grade freshman math homework and the upcoming year end final. Tried using a couple of tutors, but they dont seem to be knowing TJ math, which DC says is different. There is 8th period access to teacher, but DC needs someone who can sit with them and explain the concepts not just answer specific problem related question at a time. Any local tutor references in Alexandria area or in driving distance nearby would help.

I assume your are talking about Research Stats 1 for math or are you talking about TJ Math 3? We used KryptonTutors which was a tutoring service run by some TJ Alum and they can handle both. Our tutor was Prerak Thakur (he is a Purdue now but may be available for tutoring).