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Originally posted by nononono
That's interesting that the schools are turning kids away for a year. I'm sure nearly all the kids are ready intellectually. My concern is the emotional/social comfort. Like I said, she does fine and is assertive and thriving, but over the years I think having the extra 10 months or so of emotional maturity will probably matter a lot for some kids, and I'd rather her be on the comfortable and older end than the opposite...but at this point it seems she will be doing K next year.
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Hey... It beats being thrown out of school in 4th grade for being a "conduct problem" and having to repeat a year for "immaturity" (according to that fucking psychiatrist). Having that extra year behind me when I repeated fourth grade at another school did wonders...