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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know anyone who opposes all redshirting on principle.

Some people, me included, impose redshirting for the purposes of gaining an advantage (redshirting a developmentally normal kid who is otherwise totally ready for K simply to ensure that they are physically bigger and more academically advanced when they start school). I honestly don't know how you defend that.

And some people also dislike the trend of redshirting when it results in so many students in a class being redshirted that it makes it hard to start your kid on time.

To take the example above, add a third child.

Child 1 starts K at age 4, "on time", and turns 5 a couple weeks into the school year.
Child 2 starts K at age 6, and turns 6 about 2 months before school starts.
Child 3 has an August birthday and if he starts on time, he'd be in that class with Child 1 and 2.

Assume all 3 kids are developmentally normal for their ages and have been deemed "ready" for K.

The "anti-redshirter" as you all put it, wants Child 3 to start class on time so that her child has a student closer in age in his classroom. It's not an opposition to holding back kids who are behind or need more time. It's the fear that their kid will be the only child at their end of the age spectrum for the grade, at the same time that the spectrum is being widened to include children more than a year older than their kid.

If Child 3 is redshirted, that then puts pressure on Child 1's parents to redshirt him as well. Because initially their kid would have been on the young side but within the range of normal for their grade. But now the kids nearest their kid have been redshirted, and there will be redshirted kids from the previous year in the class. "Average maturity" and "readiness for K" suddenly means something else.

In schools where fully half of the class is redshirted (which does happen, especially in affluent districts), this is a real problem for parents who want to start their kids on time. It's not even about being opposed to redshirting as a concept, it's about feeling like their choices are to send their kid on time with a class of children who are significantly older, or redshirt their kid who they think is read socially and academically for K. It's a shitty choice that is caused by the choices of other parents.[/quote]

You’ve written the same thing over and over. It is still a bunch of whiny ridiculous nonsense no matter how many duplicate essays you write.

I’m the one with the teens who has had multiple years of kids over a year older with my kids, and who didn’t redshirt, for reference. [/quote]

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