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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son has a September bday; we did not redshirt.  He is the top band as a freshman.  [/quote]

Ours was too.  It has nothing to do with age, but talent and practice.[/quote]
There are absolutely skills tied to development, including abstract reasoning, attention span and coordination.  Being a year older does matter for nearly everything.[/quote]

No, how would being a year older have helped if they aready are on the advanced track.  This is your bias.  [/quote]
Some babies walk at 9 months.  Others walk at 20 months.  The age that a baby walks has no correlation at all to their odds of being a D1 track athlete.

It's the same in math.  Some kids develop abstract algebraic reasoning at 13 and others at 15 yo.  Neither determines if the kid will grow up to be brilliant and teach math at MIT.

My kid is on the advanced math track with Algebra in 7th, despite being 11 yo at the beginning of 7th grade.  But I have no doubts that her abstract math skills are still developing and she'd find this class easier if she was a year older.  [/quote]

If you think she'd do better, then have her wait till 8th to do Algebra.  Mine did it in 6th and it wasn't an issue.  I don't think the year would make a difference.  What helps is having a good teacher who uses a textbook and a good curriculum.[/quote]

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