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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Her pre-school teachers recommended it, and we figured that it would be beneficial in the long-run. I think a lot of parents make the mistake of thinking that they'd be setting their kid behind if they redshirted, but this is not true. These days, it's quite common for students to finish their high-school-through-college education in 7 years instead of 8. Many high schools offer a path that will allow students to graduate in 3 years instead of 4. But even students who take the full 4 years to graduate high school can take accumulate enough AP credits and concurrent community college credits to have a year of college credit under their belt as soon as they finish high school and start college as a sophomore, putting them on track to graduate college in 3 years. Since older kids do better in school, it follows logically that the older students will have an easier time doing what they need to do in high school to either graduate a year early or graduate on time with a year of college credit.

If a kid with a fall birthday starts on time, they'll start high school at 13 and graduate college at 21. If a kid with a fall birthday starts on time, they'll start high school at 14, but will still probably graduate college at 21, as their age advantage will either allow them to graduate high school a year early or start college as a sophomore.

Also, the better a student does in high school, the more likely they are to be accepted into a university abroad. In the UK, university if automatically 3 years instead of 4, so a student who gets superior grades in high school has a better chance of going to a university that will allow them to finish in 3 years. Since a redshirted student is more likely to get superior grades, this is also another reason why redshirting a student will most likely not set them behind. The bottom line, your kid is probably going to graduate college on time regardless of whether or not your redshirt them.[/quote]

A preschool teacher doesn't have any level of training nor can predict the future.  I don't get why someone is listening to a preschool teacher.

Most kids aren't going to university abroad.  My fall kid has excellent grades and is doing well.  They will turn 19 the first week of college.  Not a big deal.

You aren't giving your kid the edge you think.  You cannot make your kid smarter, just older.[/quote]

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