Anonymous wrote:I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.
I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.
I agree that graduating high school at 19 or 20 fifty years ago would sound bizarre given a life expectancy of 60 or so years but with the life expectancy now stretching to 80 it would not surprise me that kids graduate from high school at 19 or 20 or begin college at 19 or 20. Take a look at the exponential numbers of students delaying entry into your beloved Ivy league schools (even encouraged to defer admissions). It's more important to get education right than rush to the "finish line" ill-prepared for graduate education or the real world.
You people are still discussing this??? Move on and find something better to occupy your time!
"Me thinks the lady doth protest too much."
Let's be honest, this trend --- and I emphasize trend --- is the result of school administrators doing what parents want instead of doing their job. We aren't talking about children with summer birthdays or children with "challenges" because there aren't enough of them to make a trend. If you are comfortable with your perfectly lovely and bright child finishing up K as an 8-year-old you can do that right here in our fair city; if you want your child to finish K as a 6-year-old, be aware that there is a good chance that the class will have children mire than a year older than your child.
Personally, I can't imagine my children graduating high school when they are 19 or 20.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.
I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.
Well, all of the complaints about redshirting ring hollow when no one can give a concrete factual example of HOW it negatively effects the younger kid!
Keep you teenager out of my kid's 5th grade class please
Keep you teenager out of my kid's 5th grade class please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.
I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.
Well, all of the complaints about redshirting ring hollow when no one can give a concrete factual example of HOW it negatively effects the younger kid!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.
So how do you know what those other parents are thinking?
I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.
Specifically how does it affect your kid?
When (what month) was your child born? A Jan-Feb redshirt is 18 months older only if your child was born in July-Aug. Is that when your child was born? Or are you just arguing about some hypothetical, made-up 18-month spread?
My son was born in June and there is one boy born January the previous year, another March the previous year and one in April the previous year. There are a couple/few born in June and July previous year. There are at least 2 kids younger than my son born in July so my son is with a kid 17 months older and others close to that.
My son does fine--A's and B's and has friends. The issue is subtle. My son has said things like "John is really smart". John is smart but should be in 5th grade. Can I say it's affected his self image, perhaps, but kids measure themselves against their peer group/classmates and my son thinks he is average. I have no problem if he is average or not but these older kids skew another kid's view of the class. When they were younger, the older kids didn't need naps in K but the younger, like mind did. Teacher said it was hard to balance.
I also see the older kids in my son's class tend to be the leaders (not bullies at all, however). My son is a follower by nature (which is fine) but having such older kids in class makes it harder for him to stretch and test and leadership skills.
Please don't responde that I am jealous that my son is or isnt a leader or is or isnt the smartest. I just think school is hard enough for kids without comparing themselves to a kid 12-18 months older.
Anonymous wrote:I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.
I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.
Anonymous wrote:I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.
I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.