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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You'd need to extrapolate a bit to think of how it's used for a 5 year old (like just letting a late summer birthday boy mature a bit, etc. etc).  See, pretentiousness involved.  [/quote]

Alternatively, you might ask yourself why someone chose to invoke the concept/term in the context of  delaying a 5 year old's entry into kindergarten and conclude that the answer was pretentiousness.  "Gap year" is a hip new upper middle class trend -- which typically connotes social service or adventure or a more deliberate approach to college -- none of which are involved here.  By contrast, "my 5 year old isn't ready for K" is much less glam.

Don't get me wrong -- I think it's a wise parent who recognizes that their 5 year old isn't ready for K and acts on that recognition.  And I don't think said parent should feel compelled to justify/confess/explain why s/he made that decision.  But framing it as a "gap year" just reeks of  BS to me. [/quote]

Some don't like "redshirting" because it reeks of holding back so the child can become bigger, stronger, faster to better compete on the playing field (and nothing of education or maturity).  Gap year was suggested as less about athletics and more a catch-all phrase for "taking an extra year for whatever I don't need to explain."  If you don't like the term, please share a better one.  
As for "gap year" as a hip new trend --- I have no idea what you're talking about and I know of 5 teens currently undertaking a gap year.  Most have to do with maturity (probably because their parents didn't give them the (gap) year when they were 5) or working to save for college tuition.  [/quote]

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