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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing I don't get about this as a phenomenon is that the kids eventually figure it out and they start to think of the oldest kids in class as the "dumb" ones because even an 8 year old knows that a 10 year old should be doing high level work.

So yeah your 10 year old might be the best reader in class but the other kids are aware that that kid shouldn't be in their class in the first place. Kids are much cannier than we give them credit for. They're not fooled by this kind of gaming of the system.[/quote]

Huh. I've never heard such a comment from either of my kids. And if I did, I would talk to them about it.[/quote]

NP. Don't you remember thinking this when you were a kid about the oldest kids? I do.

My kid said something like this to me recently and I didn't know what to say because I know red shirting is more common now and I don't think it's appropriate. So I said something like "I'm not sure why so and so is older. It's none of our business anyway."

[b]But the truth is, a 10 year should be doing more advanced reading than an 8 year old. That is simply reality. You won't be able to convince kids otherwise no matter what you say[/b].[/quote]

Right. They're children, not idiots. Especially the kids who have siblings, they will know how their reading material compares to older or younger siblings. It's pretty inevitable that they will look at the older kids (older by a year or two) in their class reading the same thing they are reading or doing the same level math as they are doing as the dumb ones.[/quote]

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I agree with this. It's a risk.[/quote]

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