How old were you when graduating from HS.?
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Anonymous
| 17.5 |
Anonymous
Absolutely. I find this sad. But in this geographical area, apparently every single boy is getting a sports scholarship 
Statistically impossible, but don't tell the red shirters. I also think it is about lazy parenting, and failure to step in and teach basic social behaviors - it is "easier" for lazy parents to medicate and/or ignore. But I'm not here to start an uproar. |
Anonymous
| I was a week shy of 18. Both my DSs will be 18 (one on time, one with an extra yr of jr K). |
Anonymous
| 17 and 3 months. Didn't skip a grade but was the youngest in my HS class. Went to Harvard and wasn't the youngest there. This was in the late 80s. |
Anonymous
| I have a late August birthday so was just 5 in K and graduated from HS at 17. I was on the young side of my class, but definitely not the youngest. Now, my June DS is among the youngest in his high school class! |
Anonymous
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A few of my classmates at MIT were 16. I knew none that were more than 17 when they started. The younger students were in accelerated programs.
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Anonymous
Huh? I work in a preschool, so I've been involved in lots of conversations about the decision to redshirt a child. I have never heard sports scholarships come up as an argument either way. I'm not sure what the medication comment is about at all, or how it's relevant to this conversation. |
Anonymous
| My birthday is June 1. I think high school graduation day was somewhere around June 7 or 8? So I turned 18 about a week or so before I graduated. |
Anonymous
| 17 I am a n August birthday. I turned 18 about a week or so before I left for college. |
Anonymous
| Went to K at 4, graduated HS at 17. Very late December birthday. |
Anonymous
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I was 4 when I started K. I hated being the youngest. I struggled a lot until around 8th grade. I graduated a year early at 16.
Both of my redshirted boys will be graduating at 18 years old. I see no issues with them being 18 and graduating. |
Anonymous
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I was also 17. I was 4 when I started kindergarten and turned 5 four days before the required date.
So I was only 21 when I finished undergraduate. Other than waiting longer than all of my friends to turn 21, I have always been happy to be the "baby." |
Anonymous
| Graduated in June, turned 18 in July. That was very typical - there were very few summer birthday kids who graduated at 18 about to turn 19. Now it seems like it's the opposite. |
Anonymous
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started K at 4, graduated HS at 17, and started college at 17
still chose to wait a year for our son - he was 6 when he started K and will be 18 when he graduates HS |
Anonymous
| I was 17 1/2..If I had to do it over, I would have waited a year to go to college. I think I was too young to go away to college. I felt very young and immature. |