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Anonymous wrote:And no one has brought this up, but TJ is pure hell. Almost all of the students suffer from anxiety.

Different PP--- I don't have a kid there, but I know a mom of a current junior and she tells me that a lot of the kids (including her child) have anxiety issues. If not anxiety, then depression. Not saying every kids does. But, it is somewhat common from her comments.

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Well it is objectively true that her child (at TJ) has anxiety and she knows lots of other kids who are in TJ and in AAP in general. You can dismiss it if you want -- but I know that it IS true at my kid's AAP center that there are a lot of kids who are "special" -- they are extreme in there intelligence and extreme in their sensitivities or emotions as well. Not every kid. Not the majority. But, even my kid's 3rd grade AAP teacher said that extremes tend to go with AAP kids. My AAP kid's best friend is dealing with anxiety. I think my own child has at times. I know other kids in the class who fall apart at the sound of the fire alarm or have other sensitivities. It is not hard to imagine that kids who are taking the MOST demanding of all the classes -- college level and beyond (not just AP level) in HS would be more likely to have anxiety. They have always been smart enough to make it and as it gets harder, the pressure rises and the anxiety can come out -- even for kids who are way, way smart (like 99th percentile SAT smart). Doesn't mean YOUR child is going to catch anxiety if s/he goes to TJ -- but it is definitely there.

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Anonymous wrote:When people provide esl, farms and racial percentages, I'm having trouble figuring out what that means regarding how that answers the op's question. Are those schools more tolerant of all different types of diversity (race, see, etc)? Is it less cliquish? What kind of school spirit is there compared to less diverse schools? Don't these schools pretty much play each other in football, basketball, band, choir, theater, etc? Which schools sell out their tickets the most?

Majority poverty and lower scores means a student body struggling to pass the basics.

There are also gang issues associated with high minority and poverty schools, which exclude membership based on racial makeup.

The schools indicated by OP are all very good and have low FARMS and good test scores. I was refuting people stating Falls Church or Stuart are acceptable in comparison to OP's list.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And no one has brought this up, but TJ is pure hell. Almost all of the students suffer from anxiety.
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Different PP--- I don't have a kid there, but I know a mom of a current junior and she tells me that a lot of the kids (including her child) have anxiety issues. If not anxiety, then depression. Not saying every kids does. But, it is somewhat common from her comments.

Oh, if one friend of yours says so, it must be true

Please tell me which HS your kid goes to so I can report comments from some random person I know who has a kid there.

Well it is objectively true that her child (at TJ) has anxiety and she knows lots of other kids who are in TJ and in AAP in general. You can dismiss it if you want -- but I know that it IS true at my kid's AAP center that there are a lot of kids who are "special" -- they are extreme in there intelligence and extreme in their sensitivities or emotions as well. Not every kid. Not the majority. But, even my kid's 3rd grade AAP teacher said that extremes tend to go with AAP kids. My AAP kid's best friend is dealing with anxiety. I think my own child has at times. I know other kids in the class who fall apart at the sound of the fire alarm or have other sensitivities. It is not hard to imagine that kids who are taking the MOST demanding of all the classes -- college level and beyond (not just AP level) in HS would be more likely to have anxiety. They have always been smart enough to make it and as it gets harder, the pressure rises and the anxiety can come out -- even for kids who are way, way smart (like 99th percentile SAT smart). Doesn't mean YOUR child is going to catch anxiety if s/he goes to TJ -- but it is definitely there.