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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m redshirting my July daughter [/quote]

Ditto.  She's 4 and my youngest child and she's not happy about that.   She's always the youngest in the class too and she's more immature.  Another year of childhood seems like a great gift to give her.[/quote]

She isn't less mature.  You are not comparing her to her actual peers and kids a year younger.  You are doing it for her, not you.  You aren't giving her an extra year of childhood.  You are taking away a year of being an adult and forcing them to continue being a child.[/quote]

It's not robbing them of a year of adulthood, it's making sure they are as ready and a prepared as they can be to get the most out of their education. It's not a race.[/quote]

I agree that education isn't a race. You know how you sometimes hear about a 12-or-13-year-old heading off to college? It's the parents of [i]those[/i] kids who view education as a race, not the parents of the kids starting college a few weeks shy of their 18th birthdays.[/quote]

So, if I have a late August vs. late September child/birthday, what exactly is the difference between a month?  You may be robbing them of a year of adulthood by forcing them to be kids an extra year when they are 18/adults.[/quote]

Most people given the choice would likely prefer another year of being a carefree child. [/quote]

Yes, but they should still have the choice to enter adulthood sooner if that's what they want. Kids who aren't redshirted are more likely to have both options open to them than kids who are redshirted. If a 17-year-old graduating from high school doesn't feel ready for college and doesn't want to rush into adulthood, they can just take a gap year. If, however, a 17-year-old finishing 11th grade is really sick of high school, feels ready for college, and is in a hurry to be an adult, then they don't really have any other choice but to stick out that last year of high school.[/quote]

What about the 17 year old who struggled through school and was constantly playing catch up? When did he get the choice to delay kindergarten entry until he was as mature as his peers?[/quote]

He has the chance to change that for college, and suddenly become one of the oldest if he chooses to take the gap year. [/quote]

But if he struggled in high school and has mediocre grades and didn't perform as well on SAT he has torpedoed a lot of his chances. Do you really not understand how this works? It's too late for your silly gap year to fix the past 12 years. [/quote]

He can always to to a community college and transfer to a flagship state school there. Besides, even if he's doomed to go to a mediocre college, he can increase his chance of doing well at said college by taking a gap year. Doing well at a mediocre college is better than doing poorly at a mediocre college.[/quote]

Ok, sure  :roll:  You must be the busy body coworker with no kids to make such asinine comments.[/quote]

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