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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers look at kids and say, hey, that kid is mature and smart. They don't say, hey, that kid is 6 months older than my class average, they must just be average for their age.

This is the truth, and it's why people hold their kids back. If you don't like it, don't do it. But realize this is exactly what's happening from K-12. [/quote]

I never said anything about impressing teachers. Teachers are human just like everyone else, and therefore, do not always judge objectively. If a young student is doing poorly, it's probably true that none of their teachers will say, "That kid is much younger than my class average. They're not lazy or dumb, just younger." But that kid should be able to gain self-closure in knowing that this is the simple truth after some soul-searching. If an old student is doing poorly, they'll have no such comforting thing to tell themselves. It's also true that teachers won't say "Hey that kid is 6 months older than my class average, they must just be average for their age", but that old student who's excelling is probably going to have a hard time feeling good about themselves knowing that they're excelling, not because they're smarter, but simply because they are older.[/quote]
I think if that's how my child looked at their success or lack thereof, I'd be calling a therapist stat. That's not normal.[/quote]

So the actual truth isn't important to you? It's more important to you what people think the truth is?[/quote]

Because your “actual truth” is a bunch of nutty invented facts?

Some older kids are smarter, some are dumber, some younger kids are smarter, some are dumber. I don’t know any kid who attributes their success or lack thereof solely to their age. That would be ridiculous, because it is clearly not true. There are 1000 factors in success, the biggest ones being genes, opportunity, environment, and personality. It’s absolutely deranged to think that it is all down to age.

I literally know no one who attributes their success or lack of success to the age when they entered school. Except you, I guess.[/quote]

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