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[quote=Anonymous]I was born 4 days after the cutoff and was always a sort of precocious and smart kid, as well as a leader. I HATED being the oldest and wish my parents had sent me to private school for a year or two before transferring me into public. We all pretty much agree this would have been the way to go, though of course hindsight is always 20/20 and it depends a lot on the kid. But, as a super independent and mature young child, it was pretty awful being surrounded by a lot of kids who were in a different place developmentally. I was pretty bored and should have been challenged more. Because I learned quickly and was well behaved, the teachers often relied on me to be their "helper" which meant I usually was placed next to the most poorly behaved, troubled, academically behind boys in the class and told to help them out with their work and set a good example. I think this was to the detriment of my own education, even though I did receive additional work to challenge me with a small group of advanced students outside of the main classroom. That just made me more "different" though and if I would have been more on par with the grade above I think that would have been preferable.

Middle school was terrible, but it often is regardless. I do remember a few 11 year olds talking about how someone we knew had their period and how gross it was. I kept my mouth shut since I was one of the first to get theirs amongst my friends, though I wasn't particularly young (12.5). I did go from being the tallest girl to very average, which I hated because everyone had told me how awesome it was to be tall and thin like I was and then....I'm totally average height. But whatever, this was not super traumatizing, just an example of not being totally in line with peers.

I was bored in school including high school, so I went to study abroad at 16 and never went back. That probably speaks mostly towards my own independent streak, but I had that as a young kid too, so think I would have been totally fine as the youngest in the class. On the flip side, I have a sibling who was always one of the youngest and was a very clingy child with ADHD, tiny in stature, and insecure. Could have been better to redshirt for the younger ages, though they are thriving and did well from about middle school on. Basically depends on personality, but I lean strongly towards it being better to be younger. [/quote]

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