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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The redshirt debate is so dumb. The advantages are highly exaggerated. No one is going to think your kid is super smart because they repeated a grade. And your kid may feel self conscious and embarrassed by being older than everyone else for the rest of their time in school (not to mention being incredibly bored having to repeat a grade). [/quote]

Lol no. The only people who have a problem are people like OP who think they made a mistake or missed out. It’s all upside for redshirters.[/quote]

I’ve seen it go sideways in athletics with kids who were used to cruising by being the stars in elementary and when some of the younger kids came out ahead post puberty they struggled not being the best on the team and didn’t have the grit and work ethic to keep up and dropped altogether. I saw that even in 4/5 grade when kids started evening out. [/quote]

Same for academics.

If you are truly gifted, then redshirting can give you that edge to be a champion. But that needs to overcome the challenge of not being challenged in your grade level program.

If you are not truly gifted, but redshirting for edge, then redshirting is just delaying inevitable lackluster performance.

If you are holding back a year because you aren't mature enough for the original assigned grade, you'll thrive.

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Truly gifted kids don't gain an edge by being redshirted. They perform at the top either way. [/quote]

This depends.  Our county’s gifted program for math and English starts in 7th grade.  Not only is it very accelerated in material, the pace is also very accelerated- as in it requires 2+ hours of homework per night.  Even many kids that test into it can’t keep up.  The ones on the younger side tend to lack the executive function skills and maturity to handle such a high volume of work and expectations [/quote]

Give me a break. Send your kid to RSM and tell me how "gifted" they are. The seven year olds will run circles around your seventh grader. [/quote]

My kids finished through precalc and 12th grade English through this program by the end of 8th grade.  They have winter birthdays.  Their peers with late summer/early fall birthdays that didn’t redshirt really struggled in this program and dropped. It wasn’t for lack of intellect.  [/quote]

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