8th grader who is 15?
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Anonymous
What's probably going on is that this student doesn't have a parent who can drive(possibly due to death or illness), and needs to pretend to be old enough to drive themself. If they're pretending to be 15, they're allowed enough to drive with a licensed driver in the car, which means that the parent who can't drive accompanies this student as a passenger to and from school. If this parent's illness is getting worse, they may have to drive all by themself, which they'll be able to do next year when they pretend to be 16 but are really 14 or 15. |
Anonymous
I thought the county allowed 12th graders up to age 23, which helps accommodate the ESOL kids earn their actual HS diploma, since they may have first arrived during their teen years? We are discussing Montgomery right? |
Anonymous
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you don't have kids. Think about how you would feel if your 17-year-old had a 23-year-old in their class. |
Anonymous
What do you think happens one year later when they go to college? There are often more mature students in classes who delayed college for various reasons. So, I guess they can start getting used to it. |
Anonymous
These are standard age range for each grade. No special situations - redshirting, ELL, moving from different school system, etc. |
Anonymous
But these older students usually take classes in the evening, because they have to work full-time during the day, while the traditional students take classes during the day. |
Anonymous
You mean 18 minus two weeks? 
Anti-immigrant dog whistle. |
Anonymous
Wrong |
Anonymous
100% correct. 8th: 12-14; most are 13 turning 14 during the school year 9th: 13-15; most are 14 turning 15 10th: 14-16; most are 15 turning 16 11th: 15-17; most are 16 turning 17 12th: 16-18; most are 17 turning 18 |
Anonymous
| I started college at 17 (october birthday). I’m a teacher and one year had a 6th grade class with a 9,10,11,12, and 13 year old out of about 20 students. The massive age gap was obvious in the classroom and made teaching and social relationships difficult. |
Anonymous
The student who claimed to be 13 probably had ill parents who would soon lose the ability to drive and thus needed to be able to legally drive as soon as possible. |
Anonymous
Until they switch majors, do a military stint, come back after gap years, go on their Mormon mission, there are countless reasons your snowflake might be next to a 23 year old student even, gasp, in the morning. There's nothing inherently scary about 17 year olds in the presence of 23 year olds. |
Anonymous
A 23-year-old has been old enough to drink and go clubbing for 2 years. A 17-year-old isn't even old enough to vote or sign their own papers. |
Anonymous
Not true, if they are at a traditional university, getting a traditional degree, they are taking classes during the day because that’s when they are offered. |
Anonymous
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I’m planning on having my late summer birthday kid start K when he’s 6. I don’t feel bad about it. He’s never been ahead of the game (actually a bit slow on all developmental milestones but never actually delayed enough to merit services). He’s also like 15th percentile in height. I doubt he will be winning awards by reason of his “advanced” age. I think he will just be more developmentally ready to sit and learn and interact with peers. If I sent him on time, you anti-redshirts would probably complain about how he requires too much of the teacher’s time and is making the class too boring for your gifted Larla.
I was a late summer birthday and was one of the youngest in my grade. I always felt a little behind socially, slightly above average physically, and was top of my class academically (literally valedictorian when I graduated HS). I don’t think being a year older or younger means that much in terms of actual intellectual ability. |