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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We should put 6th grade back in ES and do 7-8th together. Maybe even 7-9th.[/quote]
Hell no. Fifth graders just barely belong in elementary school. 6th graders belong with 8th graders more than they do with 4th graders. [/quote]

How do you figure? 5th graders are 10 and 11 still kids. Don't rush it.[/quote]
Have you been around fifth graders very much? In the same way some first graders like potty words, some fifth graders are obsessed with using profanity, talking about sex, teaching classmates new terms. Some of them are very eager to push boundaries. You’ve got the innocent ones who don’t have phones or social media or older siblings and still play with dolls and watch cartoons, but you’ve also got kids sharing graphic sexist, racist, and homophobic comments and constantly bringing sex into every discussion.[/quote]
Profanity is real with 5th graders, and I don’t know very many of my kids’ friends who are still playing with dolls, but cartoons are still ok with them, and we haven’t seen graphic racist, sexist, or homophobic comments. There is maybe 1 kid who has behavioral issues that loves to push the envelope, but that seems more specific to that kid and his behavioral issues. Putting that aside, 5th graders are just at a different place developmentally than the mid ES kids. [/quote]

Yeah, but none if those behaviors are good or appropriate for 5th graders. Is that how you think they should be? Wouldn't it make sense to try to keep them younger for at least a little while?[/quote]
5th graders are already exhibiting these very typical behaviors while they are in ES, so not around older kids. Keeping those kids in an ES setting for an extra year does nothing to change that. I just don’t think you can artificially manufacture keeping kids “younger” by keeping them in ES. Some of the different behaviors you see in kids around age 10-11 are related to puberty and hormonal changes, and keeping them in ES will have no impact on that. [/quote]

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