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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The older boys in middle school and early high school tended to be bigger, more athletic, the girls liked them, and [b]they got to drive sooner[/b]. [/quote]

They did NOT drive sooner, not really. They still got their licenses at 16, the only difference being they were 10th graders instead of 11th graders. This is an argument I hear all the time. In reality, how old is someone will be at a given point in time is set in stone at their birth, while where they're going to be in their school at a given point in time can vary, but people like you act like it's the other way around. Someone born in October of 2016 will be able to drive in October of 2032, regardless of whether they're a 10th grader or an 11th grader at that point, and drink on October of 2037, regardless of whether they're a college junior or a college senior at that point. The set of people in the world who can drive and drink before and after them will be the same no matter what

A redshirted student be able to drive and drink [i]sooner[/i]. They'll just achieve all their educational milestones, such as graduating from high school and college, [i]later[/i]. If you want your kid to "drive sooner". that would really mean wanting them to drive before they're 15-and-a-half and wanting to drive independently before they're 16. If that's the case, just make sure there are no officers around when they get behind the wheel. I think it's much more embarrassing to be the only one in your age group who doesn't have a high school diploma or a college degree than it is to be the only one in your graduating class who doesn't have a driver's license or the right to go into bars. So, the correct to phrase the hold part of your statement would be, "they were less educated than most of their peers by the time they got to drive".[/quote]

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