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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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for the opposite view-- I was redshirted in the 70s and had none of these issues.  seriously.[/quote]

That PP has posted before and I think has a host of issues unrelated to redshirting. [/quote]

Yes I think I remember this one too. Blames her parents for failing at life due to redshirting. And as another counterpoint my husband was redshirted in the 70s and had none of these problems and is successful.[/quote]

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