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Reply to "Why don’t schools have stronger policies about redshirting? "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The redshirt debate is so dumb. The advantages are highly exaggerated. No one is going to think your kid is super smart because they repeated a grade. And your kid may feel self conscious and embarrassed by being older than everyone else for the rest of their time in school (not to mention being incredibly bored having to repeat a grade). [/quote] Lol no. The only people who have a problem are people like OP who think they made a mistake or missed out. It’s all upside for redshirters.[/quote] I think redshirting can be helpful if you have a child who is extremely immature or painfully shy or has some other unique issue. Otherwise, no, there's no advantage. It's not going to make your average child any smarter (or seem any smarter), and it's not going to turn through klutz of a kid into an athletic superstar. There's no shortcut to greatness here. Sorry. [/quote]
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