Reply to My parents won't let me catch up. What do I do?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "My parents won't let me catch up. What do I do?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Well it seems to me to be an effort to try and argue a point about red shirting.  On the bright side many responses were informative and well-meaning.

An issue with starting kids later in school is that we cannot know how things “would have been” had the kids started younger.  The reality is that many kids who do start young do fine in school, socially and outside activities.  Many kids who wait do not do well.  The problem is that we do not know if a kid who did fine would have done better.  And, the problem for the OP is that we do not know if a kid who started later would have done better if they started earlier - although there really is no basis for thinking that an earlier start would be a positive influence.  The kid may well have done terribly if they started young.

From my own kids I can say being older with more life experiences on graduation is a big positive on maturity, goal setting and even job interviews.  That is a big reason why top grad schools are taking older applicants with some job experiences rather than those coming straight out of school at 21 or 22.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics