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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  At the age of 5, 16-18 months as an upper standard in the classroom is not "slightly older".  Sure, when kids are in high school, you have Freshmen trying out for varsity sports and are thus 14-15 year olds competing against 18-19 year olds.  But don't you think the ratios outline in this thread are extreme for the ages being discussed?[/quote]

No.  It's typical (or narrow) compared to lots of other contexts (families, church, Montessori).  And the oldest kids are kids who are behind rather than ahead of their age-mates (which is why they're red-shirted), so the range is narrower developmentally than it is chronologically.

The only reason it freaks people out in this context is that they are assuming the situation (kindergarten, remember) is a competitive one and that an older kid's presence puts their own kid at a disadvantage.  That's why I see the anti-redshirters as the hypercompetitive ones.

By contrast, the redshirters want to wait until their kid can handle school's demands.  What's at stake for them isn't academic success vs. stellar performance.  It's incompetence vs. competence.  The school, apparently, agrees with the parents' POV in these cases  (we're talking private schools here, so they always have the option of just rejecting the application for admission).   Does it make sense to let some third party decide that the older kid should flounder in school just so that their child can be shown to better advantage?  That's screwed up.   [/quote]

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