Reply to Did a 180 and decided to redshirt my child- question for parents who decided to do the same

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Did a 180 and decided to redshirt my child- question for parents who decided to do the same"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't go to school here, so I am genuinely puzzled by all the animosity towards the issue. Why is it so wrong go hold back a year? What's the rush?

[b]I was born in November, while school started in September. So yes, I turned 8 in the first grade. [/b]This has never even come into question. I sailed through school seemlessly, while many younger children struggled. I realize not all of it had to do with age alone, but being more mature certainly helped me.

So why is everybody harping on OP so much? I don't plan on pushing my kid to graduate at 15, so why wouldn't I choose to wait a year?[/quote]

So were you held back 1 year or 2?  I'm also a November baby and turned 8 in the beginning of third grade[/quote]

I was held back one year. (At the time, our (overseas) school ran from 7 to 17 and didn't include the kindergarten years. Few kids started at 6; most started at 7, while fall children often started at 8.)

I'm undecided about redshirting DS. I see my friends' young children spend long days in school and feel bad for the little ones. It just seems too much. At the age of 8 I spent no more than 4 hours at school each day. Granted we lived in the next building, so it was a 5-minute walk home. But even if you cut out the bus rides, the school just seems to take forever these days.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics