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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was the longstanding WASP formula to get their kids to school Senior Prefect, Ivy, Wall Street and the Secret Service.[/quote]

I know I was told not to engage you, 9:15, but I will disobey the posting police because there is validity to what you say.  
One PP chuckled at the notion that wall street looks at kindergarten enrollment dates -- and that PP is either really dumb or playing dumb, pretending she can't see past such a simplistic view of your statement.  Yes, dear, we all know that Goldman Sachs does not care when people started kindergarten.

Confidence, high self-esteem, leadership tendencies, and extrovert characteristics, however, are all qualities that lead to success in business, and are all characteristics that are born at a young age.  If you think that this redshirting trend does not change the classroom dynamics enough to affect the growth of these characteristics in "on-time" children, you are WRONG.  Bigger and older boys change the classroom dynamics.  Of course they do.  All of you taking a narrow view at this are doing this only because such a simplistic approach serves your interests.  What if you had a March boy?  What if he was small?  Or shy? But ready for K from an intellect prespective? I think you would feel differently.

I won't even touch the issue of how this affects the gender dynamics.  In middle school and high school, when half the boys are older than all of the girls, how do you think that affects those girls?

I predict that, at the very least, we start seeing better disclosures on the part of the schools.  Also, the high school athletic departments are going to have to confront this issue.  Schools that are known for this have many older kids on their teams.  It's an unfair advantage, and I doubt it will go unaddressed in the coming years.  [/quote]

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