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[quote=Anonymous][quote]My sense, especially since the metaphor is borrowed from sports, is that whether you accept or reject the practice probably relates to how you look at schools. I'm an educator so I look at them as places whose primary function is to foster learning. From that perspective, the practice makes lots of sense. If, by contrast, school's primarily an arena for competition I guess some people will resent any practice that helps some other kid but doesn't benefit their own. I just don't think it's such a zero-sum game. [/quote]

But it isn't always that simple, especially if your kid happens to have very asynchronous development. So if a child is advanced academically and behind socially/emotionally, what to do? Some think those kids should be held back, but in many cases it can make their social issues worse to be the oldest. But because so many people hold their kids back, sending them on time becomes not such a great choice either.

I guess it just seems to make sense to me that if everyone sent their kids on time, then it would make the overall spread in the classroom less than what it is now. By holding kids back we enable schools to perpetuate developmentally inapprorpiate curriculum.[/quote]

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