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Tj was absolutely amazing when I went. (‘90) It is, in my experience, the existence proof that public education can be effective. I’m not sure what was the key
by wiredfool 6y ago
Tj was absolutely amazing when I went. (‘90) It is, in my experience, the existence proof that public education can be effective. I’m not sure what was the key component, but one of them was that every single person was there by choice.
I don’t pretend to know what would be the maximally fair distribution of places, but I am disappointed that that there one seem to be a spawning/cloning of the concept so that the experience can be spread to more students. We learned things, there were special people there, but its not something that’s unique to that building, staff and students.
- tssva 6y ago"I’m not sure what was the key component, but one of them was that every single person was there by choice.' I can tell you for a fact that wasn't true then. It likely isn't true now. I was forced by my parents to apply for admission to TJ and was accepted. I ultimately refused to attend despite the great pressure from both my parents and school officials. I know several people who were in the same boat as I was but gave into the pressure and attended hating doing so. This would have been during the same time period you attended.
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