Redshirting August boy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Redshirt. Am a September kid and my folks didn’t and I was too immature for most of my school aged years. When I finally grew up, crushed college and a top Ivy Law School, my folks noted they should have let me hang back for physical and emotional development reasons. Plus, you get an extra year with your kid. With boys, they are gone for good once they hit 22 so why not.

Why not? Because it’s not the right thing to do unless there is disability or illness.

Right for who? It is allowed so I am not sure what you mean by “not right”

Don’t be obtuse. You “crushed college” and attended a top Ivy school.

Don’t call people names when you just don’t want to respond (because you don’t like your answers)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Redshirt. Am a September kid and my folks didn’t and I was too immature for most of my school aged years. When I finally grew up, crushed college and a top Ivy Law School, my folks noted they should have let me hang back for physical and emotional development reasons. Plus, you get an extra year with your kid. With boys, they are gone for good once they hit 22 so why not.

Why not? Because it’s not the right thing to do unless there is disability or illness.

Right for who? It is allowed so I am not sure what you mean by “not right”

Don’t be obtuse. You “crushed college” and attended a top Ivy school.

Don’t call people names when you just don’t want to respond (because you don’t like your answers)

Don’t be obtuse and you won’t be called such.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

No, you did not establish that you were telling the truth. Quite the contrary as it’s absurd that you wouldn’t have gone to higher ups if you were truthful. Either way, you showed that you failed as a parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Redshirt. Am a September kid and my folks didn’t and I was too immature for most of my school aged years. When I finally grew up, crushed college and a top Ivy Law School, my folks noted they should have let me hang back for physical and emotional development reasons. Plus, you get an extra year with your kid. With boys, they are gone for good once they hit 22 so why not.

Why not? Because it’s not the right thing to do unless there is disability or illness.

Right for who? It is allowed so I am not sure what you mean by “not right”

Don’t be obtuse. You “crushed college” and attended a top Ivy school.

Don’t call people names when you just don’t want to respond (because you don’t like your answers)

Don’t be obtuse and you won’t be called such.

Still not answering… you have zero substance

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

NP. So your child was not even in the classroom but you are claiming to know what was happening in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Redshirt. Am a September kid and my folks didn’t and I was too immature for most of my school aged years. When I finally grew up, crushed college and a top Ivy Law School, my folks noted they should have let me hang back for physical and emotional development reasons. Plus, you get an extra year with your kid. With boys, they are gone for good once they hit 22 so why not.

Why not? Because it’s not the right thing to do unless there is disability or illness.

Right for who? It is allowed so I am not sure what you mean by “not right”

Don’t be obtuse. You “crushed college” and attended a top Ivy school.

Don’t call people names when you just don’t want to respond (because you don’t like your answers)

Don’t be obtuse and you won’t be called such.

Still not answering… you have zero substance

What’s your question, obtuse Ivy League graduate? Since you feel so entitled that I must answer your asinine questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

NP. So your child was not even in the classroom but you are claiming to know what was happening in the classroom.

Huh? Are parents normally hanging out in the classroom? I got my info from the plethora of meetings that happened after my child kept getting sent to the Principal's office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

Yes, of course you should speak to someone! That’s not unheard of and had no bearing on you being a “new kindergarten parent.” Why is that relevant?
Good Lord, what is wrong with some of you parents? —dp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

No, you did not establish that you were telling the truth. Quite the contrary as it’s absurd that you wouldn’t have gone to higher ups if you were truthful. Either way, you showed that you failed as a parent.

I was a new kindergarten parent. I did my best. In retrospect I should have redshirted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

NP. So your child was not even in the classroom but you are claiming to know what was happening in the classroom.

Huh? Are parents normally hanging out in the classroom? I got my info from the plethora of meetings that happened after my child kept getting sent to the Principal's office.

Ah, your child is the problem. Not surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

No, you did not establish that you were telling the truth. Quite the contrary as it’s absurd that you wouldn’t have gone to higher ups if you were truthful. Either way, you showed that you failed as a parent.

I was a new kindergarten parent. I did my best. In retrospect I should have redshirted.

And your child would have been able to write this personal narrative then ? Okay, you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

My kinders are taught how to form upper and lower case letters along with the sounds that correspond with each letter. Few small words to practice spelling and of course first and last names. Few may write 3-5 word sentences by years end.

Your experience is no more true than mine. My child was asked to sit at a desk and work silently for 3+ hours every morning. From day 2 she was asked to stretch out her words to write narratives. She was asked to sit and read silently to herself for up to an hour a day. Call it whatever you want, but it wasn't appropriate for a 4 yo or new 5 yo. She cried herself to sleep every night for the entire school year. It was a terrible year and 1st wasn't much better.

You need to talk to the superintendent/principle about that. That is a issue with the school curriculum or teacher and not with an issue of redshirting.

First I'm a liar and then, when I establish that I'm telling the truth, you tell me that a brand new kindergarten parent should have taken on the school board and superintendent while my kid was still in preschool to get them to adopt a different curriculum just because it wasn't appropriate for my young 5 yo? Yah. Totally reasonable.

Yes, of course you should speak to someone! That’s not unheard of and had no bearing on you being a “new kindergarten parent.” Why is that relevant?
Good Lord, what is wrong with some of you parents? —dp

This deserves world's biggest eye roll. Some people. Geeze.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the reason people shouldn’t redshirt? Theres just a bunch of ranting and raving in here with no substance.

The crazed anti-redshirters don’t like it. That’s literally all there is as far as reasons. This is why normal people in real life do not care about this whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Mid-August birthday (female), not redshirted (it was not a thing back then). As a parent, I realize that my social difficulties in high school were because I was a young August kids and ADHD. Eventually grew out of it by grad school. I wish that I had been redshirted.