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Then we moved, and my new school offered me the opportunity to repeat kindergarden in the "big, colorful room".  That made me skeptical.  I figured that if it was really good, then they would have bragged about the academic rigor and placement instead of baiting me with the room.  Mostly, I wanted to be with the "big boys".  [/quote]
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You’re really a piece of work. You have no room to judge. I had a kindergartener who struggled as you described and MCPS refused to let him repeat. It turned out he did have a disability and an extra year in K would have made no difference at all. Private school isn’t a waste if the alternative is failure in public school. And it certainly can save a child’s self-esteem. And, as for your own experience, your reaction seems extremely odd and unlikely for a child that age. Academic rigor? You seem really smug. [/quote]

Lighten up, Francis.  I'm obviously joking about academic rigor.  But I did not want to be excluded like a "baby" when I had earned the right to to attend school like a "big boy".  The larger point is that this stuff is specific to the development and personality of the child.

The public school wanted my nephew to repeat first grade.  Instead, he repeated it at a private school.  There was no disability, my nephew was fine and just needed an extra 6-12 months to catch up developmentally.  In this case, private school was an expensive way to save the parents' self-esteem.[/quote]

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