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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the issue is tat some on this board don't and want to see red-shirting outlawed[/quote]

Some may, I don't.

I disagree with redshirting as a general trend because I believe it's created a Kindergarten environment that is unsuitable for the average Kindergarten aged child.

I want to see Kindergarten be appropriate for the average Kindergarten aged child.

If that means people who redshirt end up complaining because Kindergarteners are spending half the day outside building sand structures and going on treasure hunts, rather than doing math worksheets and copy work? Oh well. You choose to redshirt, you choose to delay intense academic instruction.

Personally, I also think if you choose to redshirt you shouldn't ask a teacher for advanced academic differentiation, because that just makes no sense. But I'll not blame a child for a parents foibles, so if you're so contradictory that you redshirt & then still want your child-who-should-be-in-second-grade to learn second grade math in first grade? I'm confident a good teacher can handle that, especially as there will likely be a child-who-should-be-in-first-grade, IS in first grade, and is ready for second grade math just like your child.

I strongly suspect redshirting would become less standard if Kindergarten returned to more pasting & playtime. I think you'd still have the kids who were redshirted for sports, but I also bet most of them would be redshirted as they hit middle or high school, doing the repeat a grade at a new school thing.

It disturbs me greatly that schools, which are run and staffed by people who are supposed to be experts in child development, do things that run counter to everything we know about child development. [/quote]

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