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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I have a question for all of you who weren't redshirted but didn't like being among the youngest and wished your parents had held you back. Why you didn't you do one of the following?

You could've purposely repeated a grade.

You could've re-classed in high school and graduated a year later.

You could've taken a gap year between high school and college.

You could've taken a year off during college.

If you really wanted to be a year behind where you were, why didn't you do any of these things?
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Are you for real? Let’s go through these:

Public schools, by and large, do not retain students any longer. It’s really harmful to their metrics and how they’re “graded” by the state. Kids are pushed forward even if they should probably be held back.

That’s not really a thing unless you can get your parents to pay for private or move you around to different schools. I know one kid who did this for athletic reasons in my grade - we’re talking D1 full ride football scholarship NFL prospect level talent. He went from public 8th grade, to private 9th grade, and then repeated 9th grade back at his regular public school.

Gap year or taking a year off in college is definitely a thing, but by then it doesn’t matter as much. There’s not much difference between an 18 year old freshman and a 19 year old freshman. There is a difference between being newly 5 at the start of Kindergarten and being newly 6. You’re behaving more like the 6 year old now than the 18-19 year old, by the way. [/quote]

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