8th grader who is 15?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC birthday is mid-Sept and the cut off was September 1st. We thought it was unfair to hold back a bright NT kid for a whole year because he missed the cut-off by 2 weeks. DC took a special test to prove that he was ready to go to school instead of waiting for a year. This is how my kid was "Greenshirted".

He thrived in school academically, in sports, socially and in various ECs. There was no ill-effects of being early. If you are capable of handling school, I don't see why you would want to be held back. I think most kids feel bad about being the oldest. There is nothing to be proud of, for being unable to handle school at the correct age.

What message are you giving to your kid? You are too dumb to hack it at school unless you are older than your classmates?

You aren't "holding him back" if you follow the cutoff dates. That's asinine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD just mentioned a classmate is 15. Is that common around here?

Yes with illegal immigrants who never were in school anywhere before. They age out of high school at age 22 too, if they don’t drop out or do remedial HS at the county community college.

Uh, no. No way would any high school ever subject 16-and-17-year-olds to having 22-year-old classmates.

My newly turned 13 year old is in class with 14-16 year olds as they are all taking the same math class.

Since your kid is gifted in math, I'm going to assume that they're male and that the 16-year-olds in his class are female. I guarantee that you would be a lot more uncomfortable if you had a 13-year-old daughter sharing a class with 16-year-old boys. But boys tend to be out of stronger stuff than girls, and maybe the 22-year-olds that PP was referring to are all female.

Why does gender matter?

The brain of a 13-year-old male is roughly equivalent to the brain of a 16-year-old female, in terms of intellect and ability to learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC birthday is mid-Sept and the cut off was September 1st. We thought it was unfair to hold back a bright NT kid for a whole year because he missed the cut-off by 2 weeks. DC took a special test to prove that he was ready to go to school instead of waiting for a year. This is how my kid was "Greenshirted".

He thrived in school academically, in sports, socially and in various ECs. There was no ill-effects of being early. If you are capable of handling school, I don't see why you would want to be held back. I think most kids feel bad about being the oldest. There is nothing to be proud of, for being unable to handle school at the correct age.

What message are you giving to your kid? You are too dumb to hack it at school unless you are older than your classmates?

What message did you send your kid, bending the rules is sometime ok? Why is it ok for your family but not others?