8th grader who is 15?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure it would be hard to have a 20 year old senior, fortunately that doesn’t really happen.

There are plenty of 19 year old seniors. Way to old. Especially when some start high school at 13.

I've only ever met one person who graduated high school at 19. Almost everyone I know turned 19 between the July after their freshman year of college and the September of their sophomore year of college. But seeing as how you spelled "too" as "to", I wouldn't expect you to be educated on the facts.

So you mostly know people with birthdays between July and September?

If I held my September kid back they would be 18 all of high school.

I’m sure you mean all of senior year of high school. The cutoff in many places is September 1.

Just wondering if PP knew any oct-June bdays, most of who turn 19 during freshman year of college.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure it would be hard to have a 20 year old senior, fortunately that doesn’t really happen.

There are plenty of 19 year old seniors. Way to old. Especially when some start high school at 13.

I've only ever met one person who graduated high school at 19. Almost everyone I know turned 19 between the July after their freshman year of college and the September of their sophomore year of college. But seeing as how you spelled "too" as "to", I wouldn't expect you to be educated on the facts.

So you mostly know people with birthdays between July and September?

If I held my September kid back they would be 18 all of high school.

I’m sure you mean all of senior year of high school. The cutoff in many places is September 1.

Just wondering if PP knew any oct-June bdays, most of who turn 19 during freshman year of college.

My state has a 9/1 cutoff and my September child will be 18 all senior year. Like many others because it's a common birth month. Not held back. There's a chronic poster here who just can't wrap their head around the fact that most places don't have a 12/31 cutoff.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure it would be hard to have a 20 year old senior, fortunately that doesn’t really happen.

A kid turning 20 during senior year would be "redshirted" twice. Very very rare or extenuating circumstances (ELL).

Recap - with no redshirting (or gap year, etc) and cutoff after the start of school (e.g., 9/30 in VA):
8th: 12-14; most are 13 turning 14 during 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
F: 17-19, most 18 turning 19
S: 18-20, most 19 turning 20
J: 19-21, most 20 turning 21
S: 20-22, most 21 turning 22

Thank you for this. Redshirted kids are starting to be considered held back and not in a positive light. Better to send your kid on time to prove they can handle life at the appropriate age.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure it would be hard to have a 20 year old senior, fortunately that doesn’t really happen.

There are plenty of 19 year old seniors. Way to old. Especially when some start high school at 13.

I've only ever met one person who graduated high school at 19. Almost everyone I know turned 19 between the July after their freshman year of college and the September of their sophomore year of college. But seeing as how you spelled "too" as "to", I wouldn't expect you to be educated on the facts.

So you mostly know people with birthdays between July and September?

If I held my September kid back they would be 18 all of high school.

I’m sure you mean all of senior year of high school. The cutoff in many places is September 1.

Just wondering if PP knew any oct-June bdays, most of who turn 19 during freshman year of college.

My state has a 9/1 cutoff and my September child will be 18 all senior year. Like many others because it's a common birth month. Not held back. There's a chronic poster here who just can't wrap their head around the fact that most places don't have a 12/31 cutoff.

We have a 9-1 or you can test in till 10-15 or go private.

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Um.... not my kid. As I said, he's on a different trajectory. Your 13 yr old freshman would never be in competition with this kid in any way because they are totally different.

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure it would be hard to have a 20 year old senior, fortunately that doesn’t really happen.

There are plenty of 19 year old seniors. Way to old. Especially when some start high school at 13.

I've only ever met one person who graduated high school at 19. Almost everyone I know turned 19 between the July after their freshman year of college and the September of their sophomore year of college. But seeing as how you spelled "too" as "to", I wouldn't expect you to be educated on the facts.

So you mostly know people with birthdays between July and September?

If I held my September kid back they would be 18 all of high school.

I’m sure you mean all of senior year of high school. The cutoff in many places is September 1.

Just wondering if PP knew any oct-June bdays, most of who turn 19 during freshman year of college.

The cutoff for most states is AFTER the start of school.

Cut off dates:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab5_3.asp

Start dates:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/14/back-to-school-dates-u-s/

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?

This makes zero sense.

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?

People are concerned when you have 13-14 year old freshman mixed with 19 year olds. You want your 14 year old with a 18-19 year old?

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?

People are concerned when you have 13-14 year old freshman mixed with 19 year olds. You want your 14 year old with a 18-19 year old?

When I was a freshman I had zero interaction with seniors. So no, this remote possibility that these two outliers would interact doesn't concern me for my kids. Take it up with your private school if it's an issue for you.

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?

People are concerned when you have 13-14 year old freshman mixed with 19 year olds. You want your 14 year old with a 18-19 year old?

When I was a freshman I had zero interaction with seniors. So no, this remote possibility that these two outliers would interact doesn't concern me for my kids. Take it up with your private school if it's an issue for you.

The privilege of private. It’s more common in public when electives, math and other classes are mixed. Also, activities.

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?

This makes zero sense.

What? A football obsessed kid didn't get to play football one year because the whole season was canceled. So he repeated a year of high school. For football. Thus he will be 19 when he graduates. What's not to understand? This is a rare reason why there might be someone that old in high school. Not one other person has offered any explanation why there might be a 19 y/o senior. Why do you think there are kids 19-20 in school if that's what the giant concern in this thread is about? Do you know any kids that old in school or is this whole thread a big to do about nothing?

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Anonymous wrote:The only kid I know who will likely be 19 as a senior has been redshirted twice. Once before kindergarten and once in high school because of Covid. He's also one of the best quarterbacks in the country, also has multiple D1 offers to play football, he's a sophomore currently. He's not competing with the offspring of the uber competitive complainers here he's on a whole different trajectory. So I don't think this is common enough for people to worry about.

Not very bright then? Guess sports are more important than academics. Not something to brag about.

Redshirted because of Covid? Hasn’t the whole world suffered from Covid?

Because football was canceled due to Covid. Look, these are the types of kids likely to be 19. Is OP really worried about future quarterbacks?

People are concerned when you have 13-14 year old freshman mixed with 19 year olds. You want your 14 year old with a 18-19 year old?

When I was a freshman I had zero interaction with seniors. So no, this remote possibility that these two outliers would interact doesn't concern me for my kids. Take it up with your private school if it's an issue for you.

The privilege of private. It’s more common in public when electives, math and other classes are mixed. Also, activities.

It's more common in public where redshirting is exceedingly rare to begin with? Ok.