RE: Some parental advice from all the lovely parentals? Non parentals also welcome :D
December 11, 2015 at 9:08 am
(December 11, 2015 at 8:49 am)Rhythm Wrote:(December 10, 2015 at 1:51 pm)Losty Wrote: I think the advantage would be that my daughter graduated to a 5th grade reading level yesterday and she is slowly growing to hate school because "it's sooo boring". The academic disadvantage to being in a grade well under your level is that you get frustrated and discouraged. I want her to be somewhere where she can actually learn new things.
You could buy her better books, or send her to the library. There are academic costs far greater and more tangible than frustration... to skipping (things you cant fix with a new book or a trip to the library). Skipping grades or starting early is basically locking your child out of high school and collegiate sports, and the advantages that flow from both. It's also socially alienating, as mentioned by others.
OTOH, keeping her in grade and supplementing at home to reduce her frustration puts her at the top of her class academically, and preserves her potential as an athlete. It makes her valuable to a college. How rich do you plan to be when she needs tuition?
She's going to be 1 year younger than her other classmates. I do buy her books and engage her mind in different activities outside of school, but when she's at school she has to do whatever her class is doing. I don't know why you think being a year younger would lock her out of sports? I was a year younger than most of my classmates and I played sports just fine. But no I don't plan to be rich, I also don't see her being much of an athlete, but you never know. I don't understand why you think being one year younger than other students is going to have such a huge impact. I also don't understand why you think I haven't considered this. Like I'm just making some rash decision. I have considered the possible social issues and I think she can handle it.
