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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is getting out of hand. My daughter started K having just turned 5.  A boy in her Kindergarten class turned 7 before Christmas.  My daughter won't be 7 until 2nd grade!!  He'll be 9 - have you ever heard of a 9 year old second grader??  He'll have his learner's permit to drive in middle school!![/quote]

My nine year old just finished 4th.  He will start 4th as a 9 year old and turn 10 in the fall.  I cannot imagine him being in second grade.[/quote]

My brother was 9 in second grade. He had been pulled from Kindergarten at 5 and held back in first grade. He had serious LDs and ADHD. He ended up graduating from college with an English Lit degree. He was never a great student but he was a good student. It took him longer then others to learn to read and to figure out how he processed information.

There are good reasons for some kids to be older in a classroom. I would argue that my brother was the exception and should not be the rule.[/quote]

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