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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you really think of advantages to being possibly the youngest and/or smallest child in a class? IMHO as a long-time educator, it's not usually in the best interests of a child--even an extremely gifted child.[/quote]

Yes: you're working at your ability all through high school and college and are not crushed by the stultifying boredom of being a year behind where you should be academically.  Many kids (myself included) started in a school with a December 30th cutoff and moved to other school systems with earlier dates, guaranteeing that I was the youngest all the way through.  It was never a problem, and my best friend in high school was someone who'd been held back in 1st grade (for legitimate reasons) and was therefore 14 months older than I was.  It wasn't a problem.

Instead of concern-trolling all these posts on the assumption that no child could possibly be ready for kindergarten three (or six or ten) weeks earlier than another child, why not just answer the questions about the actual school options.  To quote an old favorite poster: sheesh![/quote]

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