mad - kid in kindergarten has late birthday

[Anonymous]

Other children's birthdays are none of your concern. Their actual behavior might be, just address that.

[Anonymous]

One of my concerns would be if the teacher has skewed expectations of a five year old because her classroom is full of redshirted 7 yo kids, which was true in my sons classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my concerns would be if the teacher has skewed expectations of a five year old because her classroom is full of redshirted 7 yo kids, which was true in my sons classroom.

The system has a skewed expectation of 5-year-olds. Remember when K was finger painting and naps? Redshirting didn't cause this change. If anything, redshirting is a response to this change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of my concerns would be if the teacher has skewed expectations of a five year old because her classroom is full of redshirted 7 yo kids, which was true in my sons classroom.

The system has a skewed expectation of 5-year-olds. Remember when K was finger painting and naps? Redshirting didn't cause this change. If anything, redshirting is a response to this change.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Mine will be 7 on the last day of school in late May.

He’s also still among the shortest in class if that makes you feel better.

[Anonymous]

Well my son’s prep school has 19 year old sophomores…get your head around that. Last year he was on a sports team where he was a 14 year old freshman playing on a team with several 20 going on 21 seniors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time with this as well. It is ridiculous to have a 7 year old kid in kindergarten. Red shirting for a Spring birthday is too much. Late summer is fine.

Only makes me mad when the mom swans around telling me everyone that her child is bored and not being challenged because he’s gifted. No he’s bored because he is doing worksheets developed for five year olds when he is seven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time with this as well. It is ridiculous to have a 7 year old kid in kindergarten. Red shirting for a Spring birthday is too much. Late summer is fine.

Only makes me mad when the mom swans around telling me everyone that her child is bored and not being challenged because he’s gifted. No he’s bored because he is doing worksheets developed for five year olds when he is seven.

Lol. This. Same mom would NOT shut up when her child got into the gifted program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time with this as well. It is ridiculous to have a 7 year old kid in kindergarten. Red shirting for a Spring birthday is too much. Late summer is fine.

Only makes me mad when the mom swans around telling me everyone that her child is bored and not being challenged because he’s gifted. No he’s bored because he is doing worksheets developed for five year olds when he is seven.

That is obnoxious behavior but what would be great is if kindergarten wasn't just doing freaking worksheets. Maybe if kindergarten was more experience-based learning, instead of sitting at desks filling out worksheets, fewer people would see an advantage in holding their kids back a year in order to maximize their kid's ability to sit at a desk filling out worksheets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine will be 7 on the last day of school in late May.

He’s also still among the shortest in class if that makes you feel better.

Here is another excuse they use "they are short". "they are small". BS you all are gaming the system and you are getting talked about

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time with this as well. It is ridiculous to have a 7 year old kid in kindergarten. Red shirting for a Spring birthday is too much. Late summer is fine.

Only makes me mad when the mom swans around telling me everyone that her child is bored and not being challenged because he’s gifted. No he’s bored because he is doing worksheets developed for five year olds when he is seven.

You, on the other hand, seem lovely. But, seriously, you are not doing yourself or anyone else any good spending your mental energy this way. You can't change this one, and railing at the horror here is just going to make you more mad about a petty grievance you can't change. Go for a walk. Get a massage. Call a friend you haven't talked to in a while. Don't let this take over your brain. If the redshirters are so horrible, let karma deal with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well my son’s prep school has 19 year old sophomores…get your head around that. Last year he was on a sports team where he was a 14 year old freshman playing on a team with several 20 going on 21 seniors.

Wait I’m trying to figure this out and I’m stuck, even with worst-case math. Check my work:

Redshirt in K and winter/spring bday=turn 7 in K.

Reclass in middle school=repeat 8th grade as a 15 year old.

Turn 16 freshman year.

Repeat freshman year at a prep school=turn 17.

But then they’re only turning 18 as a sophomore? I can’t get to 19.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well my son’s prep school has 19 year old sophomores…get your head around that. Last year he was on a sports team where he was a 14 year old freshman playing on a team with several 20 going on 21 seniors.

Imagine your 14 year old daughter having these men in her dating pool because their mommies held them back to the point where they were starting school at 7 and driving in 8th or 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine will be 7 on the last day of school in late May.

He’s also still among the shortest in class if that makes you feel better.

Here is another excuse they use "they are short". "they are small". BS you all are gaming the system and you are getting talked about

His preschool noted that he was behind. They had a Preschool 5 class that we joined. So he did a year between regular PreK and Kinder.

I agree he didn’t need a whole year. If there was some other delayed start option, I would have done it. But he was absolutely terribly not ready for kinder the fall he could have joined.

I’m glad we did the 5s class. It kept him from repeating everything in 4. It made him much more confident. Sorry it’s always started by an entire year. If I could make staggered starts, I would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well my son’s prep school has 19 year old sophomores…get your head around that. Last year he was on a sports team where he was a 14 year old freshman playing on a team with several 20 going on 21 seniors.

Imagine your 14 year old daughter having these men in her dating pool because their mommies held them back to the point where they were starting school at 7 and driving in 8th or 9th grade.

Well, in fairness, 14-year-old's mom can't do basic math so maybe she will need someone who can drive her to tutoring.