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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have kids, but I feel confident in saying that if I did, I would not redshirt. This is because I [i]was[/i] redshirted and, contrary to what the studies say, developed a massive inferiority complex because of it. Usually, when a classmate found out my age, they would ask me why I was in their grade and not in the grade, and what grade I repeated, causing me to sink into shame depression. One example that I remember well is when I turned 12 a week into 6th grade. One of my teachers had a policy of handing out homework passes on students' birthdays, and when I got mine, someone next to me asked how old I was, and when I said I was 12 they said, "Why are you in 6th grade? Were you held back?" and I spent the rest of my birthday feeling ashamed and embarrassed. None of my classmates seemed to understand me when I explained that starting school a year late wasn't my choice, and many of them seemed to think there was something wrong with me, like I was slow and dumb.

After 6th grade, I stopped having birthday parties, because I didn't want to keep giving other kids a chance to shame me. In high school, I even put off getting my driver's permit, and subsequently my driver's license, by several months to avoid drawing attention to my age. When I turned 21 in September of my junior year of college, I knew I might be able to get popular by offering to buy beer for my classmates, but I didn't, because I didn't want them to asking me why I wasn't a senior. I wouldn't want to put my child through this.

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