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Right, so if they're a redshirted August or September child and they graduate in May or June, they would be 2-to-4 months shy of their 19th birthday, which would make them "almost 19". My point is that if you have to have something handed to you on a silver platter in order to make an achievement, that totally defeats the purpose. An accomplishment is nothing to be proud of if you have to use cheat-codes in order to make that accomplishment. For instance, I have the ability to make complex calculations in my head, and when I do that, people around me are impressed. However, if I were to use a calculator to make those calculations, that wouldn't be anything to be proud of. Do you see what I mean? I think most kids would feel a lot better about their school accomplishments knowing that they were competing against kids their age, rather than kids a year younger than them.[/quote]

Probably most kids don't think, "I am among the oldest kids in the class, and some of the kids in the class are over a year younger than I am, so all of my accomplishments at school are cheating." Especially not at age 18 (which is the age of people who are "almost 19".)

Nor should they.[/quote]

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