Anonymous wrote:So explain to me like I am 5 why if a 12 months age gap is enough to show discrepancies in standardised test scores and special needs diagnosis that and bigger age gap wouldn’t be worse? Surely that’s an obvious conclusion to reach. Would you reasonably expect an average 17 year old to have a higher SATs score than an average 15 year old?

Because it's more than a 12 month age gap. It should be 12 months.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely do it. And I guarantee the other August boys in his grade will have done it, too

+1000

+10,000

Or don't enroll your kid in a private school where the prevailing culture is to do it Problem solved.

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Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.

I have seen three kids through private schools in this area. And for the record, many parents admit they red shirt for a sports advantage. And leadership.

So don’t enroll your kids in these private schools. Problem solved. I genuinely do not understand why you cannot see the obvious answer here.

Nobody is entitled to a private school education. Why do anti-redshirters not understand this basic fact?

Not sending a child to private school because another parent is redshirting their kid is a non sequitur.

It is if that is something you don’t like about the school

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If you don’t like a school’s redshirting policy, don’t pay to send your kid to that school. This should be obvious but apparently is not.

Anonymous wrote:Definitely do it. And I guarantee the other August boys in his grade will have done it, too

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.

I have seen three kids through private schools in this area. And for the record, many parents admit they red shirt for a sports advantage. And leadership.

So don’t enroll your kids in these private schools. Problem solved. I genuinely do not understand why you cannot see the obvious answer here.

Nobody is entitled to a private school education. Why do anti-redshirters not understand this basic fact?

Not sending a child to private school because another parent is redshirting their kid is a non sequitur.

It is if that is something you don’t like about the school

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Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.

I have seen three kids through private schools in this area. And for the record, many parents admit they red shirt for a sports advantage. And leadership.

So don’t enroll your kids in these private schools. Problem solved. I genuinely do not understand why you cannot see the obvious answer here.

Nobody is entitled to a private school education. Why do anti-redshirters not understand this basic fact?

Not sending a child to private school because another parent is redshirting their kid is a non sequitur.

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Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.

I have seen three kids through private schools in this area. And for the record, many parents admit they red shirt for a sports advantage. And leadership.

But that’s not why people are so upset in here.

It seems that way to me.

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Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.

I have seen three kids through private schools in this area. And for the record, many parents admit they red shirt for a sports advantage. And leadership.

So don’t enroll your kids in these private schools. Problem solved. I genuinely do not understand why you cannot see the obvious answer here.

Nobody is entitled to a private school education. Why do anti-redshirters not understand this basic fact?

There are so many variables, you really just need to do what is right for your individual kid. Our first was just before the VA cutoff of 9/30 (we live in VA). We decided to redshirt. Very strong academically, but socially and verbally, there was mild concern on our part. Fast forward, he is now at a private school in MD, where the cutoff is 9/1, so he is no longer technically even considered a red-shirt. Either way, we are very happy with our decision. It also played into our decision that he was first-born and overall just less mature. Our youngest is way more mature than our first at the equivalent age.

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Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.

I have seen three kids through private schools in this area. And for the record, many parents admit they red shirt for a sports advantage. And leadership.

But that’s not why people are so upset in here.

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Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.

I have seen three kids through private schools in this area. And for the record, many parents admit they red shirt for a sports advantage. And leadership.

Anonymous wrote:So explain to me like I am 5 why if a 12 months age gap is enough to show discrepancies in standardised test scores and special needs diagnosis that and bigger age gap wouldn’t be worse? Surely that’s an obvious conclusion to reach. Would you reasonably expect an average 17 year old to have a higher SATs score than an average 15 year old?

Um, yes

Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

The only person who seems to be in hysterics in this thread is you!

So explain to me like I am 5 why if a 12 months age gap is enough to show discrepancies in standardised test scores and special needs diagnosis that and bigger age gap wouldn’t be worse? Surely that’s an obvious conclusion to reach. Would you reasonably expect an average 17 year old to have a higher SATs score than an average 15 year old?

Anonymous wrote:What is funny to me is that the people in hysterics about imaginary redshirting harms are also the ones applying to private schools. There is a super easy way to avoid the supposed (truthfully, non-existent) harms of redshirting: don’t go to private schools that engage in the practice. Nobody is entitled to private schools, no matter how many temper tantrums one throws.

But I imagine this is too much reality for the anti-redshirters to bear.

Yes I'm surprised we haven't heard from one of the familiar voices usually in these threads. Her main gripe is that her kid can't shine in school team sports because some of the kids are older and bigger. Nothing about academics. Sports. Maybe she's here but has changed her tactics a bit.