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Reply to "Here's what I don't understand about red shirting"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you care what other people do? That's no way to go through life.[/quote] I'm not OP - Because if your child is two years older than mine in the same classroom, that's a problem for my child. [/quote] Can't do math.[/quote] DP. A child with a February/March/April/May/June birthday would be two years older than my September birthday DC for a portion of the school year.[/quote] Yes, a child redshirted with a February birthday would turn 7 midway through kindergarten, but at that time, a non-redshirted September child would be 5.5. The February child is roughly 18 months older than a September child, not 2 years. Regardless, outside of private schools, redshirting of the spring birthday kids is quite rare, so I really don’t think this is something you’ll have to worry about. [/quote] I know of two children who were redshirted with birthdays during the school year, not during the summer. My kid doesn't think in terms of 5.5 compared to just-turned-7. Just 5 compared to 7. You're correct that mostly redshirted kids are just 12-13 months older than my DC, not 18 months. In upper elementary grades, the differences are not so large anymore. [/quote] But, really, it doesn’t matter that a child thinks another kid is two years older. If the difference is 18 months, it is still 18 months no matter what a child thinks. And those cases are few and far between. With most kids, it is a 12 or 13 month difference in age, which makes very little difference in the classroom. You will always have about 12 months between the oldest and youngest anyway, and another 4-8 weeks will not have a substantial effect on what happens in the classroom. People need to make the decisions that are best for their own children. [/quote] If there’s no difference then just sent the kids on time [/quote] Why? What’s the rush? Give the kid another year of age-appropriate environment. [/quote] I’m all for doing what’s best for your kid. But, for most kids at this age, a kindergarten classroom is the “age-appropriate environment.”[/quote]
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