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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a redshirted kid with a September birthday. He's a math whiz, by which I mean he is a grade ahead in math, and gets pulled into the next grade up for math lessons.

[b]His parents think his math aptitude is confirmation that redshirting was the right choice.[/b]

Others might argue that the fact this kid has to move up a grade for math, to the grade he would have been in had he not been redshirted, is proof his redshirting was not needed.

Still others will argue this whole scenario is an argument against grades, that we should all adopt the Montessori practice if multi age classrooms.[/quote]

They’re right. Colleges will see him as someone who took Calculus in 11th grade, not as someone who took Calculus at 17.[/quote]

No, their argument is that redshirting him enabled his success in math. That he is better in math because he was in what they view to be the developmentally appropriate grade. Not that there is a tactical advantage for him to have been redshirted. At least that's not what they say out loud to others.

OP is similarly not making the argument that it would have been tactically advantageous to redshirt her son. She's arguing that he was at a developmental disadvantage in starting "on time" and this led to struggles he had in subjects like math. [/quote]

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