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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony is I can't think of a parent or child making a fuss about older or younger children in their classrooms amounting to much in life.  I can't think of one individual!  Can you?  Empty barrels make the most noise.[/quote]

By "younger children," do you mean kids who actually start school "on time"? If so, then well then it's quite obvious why there shouldn't be a fuss. They are following stated school policy.

If you mean kids who advance a grade, the reason why you don't hear a fuss is because many parents with academically advanced children don't feel the need to change their children's grade level from the norm. They supplement or make accommodations (e.g., going to reading class with the grade above).

I think that most parents of "on time" kids, like my summer-birthday DS, don't mind having a kid who is older if the TEACHERS (not the parents, all too many of whom have ulterior motives) and other experts feel that a particular child is developmentally delayed and needs that extra year. But when parents claim that they just "feel" that their kids need the "gift of time," please, that is not a strong enough justification to disrupt the social dynamic and educational curriculum of the class.[/quote]

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