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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, your kid is on time and you're upset some super moron was held back twice?  Like envious of the doofus?[/quote]

That doofus is unfortunately not labeled as such and will be competing against the 'started on time' kids in college applications along with whatever academic competitions they enter before then. You can't seriously suggest that an 16 year old isn't at an enormous advantage sitting any academic test against a 14 year old, regardless of what their formal education has been. There's a reason the criminal justice system considers minors as minors - because their brain is still developing. And it continues to develop rapidly until the age of 18 or even slightly beyond that. The average 16 year old will outperform the average 14 year old in an IQ test, regardless of the stuff they've learned in classes.[/quote]

There is so so much wrong with this post!  It’s “unfortunate” that a small child is not labeled a “doofus” and will not be disadvantaged in college admissions by a decision his parents made when he was 6?  I’m no psychologist, but the differences in teenage brain development generally have more to do with impulse control, risk taking, and susceptibility to peer pressure (all very relevant in the criminal justice context) than academic performance.  When I took Spanish 3 as a freshman there were juniors in the class and I was not disadvantaged by that in the least.  I still think it’s likely there is something going on OP doesn’t know about with her acquaintance’s kid.  But in any event, her kid is not going to that school and this redshirting of older fall birthday kids is not happening in public school.  [/quote]

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