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Parents: Thoughts on kids skipping grades in school

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Wanted to ask the fam if any of you have kids or if you have personally ever skipped a grade in school?

What do you think ate the positives and negatives?

What is the best age/grade to do the transition?

Peace
 
My girlfriends kid skipped a grade and got to the next grade and didn't know what the hell she was doing. She went from the Memphis school system to the Dallas school system. Aside from a circumstance like that.....I Don't see the problem. I think kids like a challenge just like most people. Just like adults. Sure we like doing easy shit but easy shit becomes boring. A challenge is a exciting. I don't really see any negatives of it.
 
dtownsfinest said:
My girlfriends kid skipped a grade and got to the next grade and didn't know what the hell she was doing. She went from the Memphis school system to the Dallas school system. Aside from a circumstance like that.....I Don't see the problem. I think kids like a challenge just like most people. Just like adults. Sure we like doing easy shit but easy shit becomes boring. A challenge is a exciting. I don't really see any negatives of it.
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Thanks...

I'm torn on it because it's not even the workload it's more of relating to peers who are a year older.
 
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Kids don't feel comfortable in grades where most are older than them.. Def a relating issue because now the older kids don't chill with the younger ones lol
 
As long as the kid is mature enough to be in a class with older kids, its fine.

The kid is smart enough, and is why they are skipping. It comes down to how the kid will handle being with older kids.

Just my 0.02c
 
It depends on the grade in which they're skipped. My daughter was skipped from Kindergarten to 2nd grade. She had no problems. I feel they shouldn't be skipped beyond the 3rd grade.

The biggest plus is your child will not be sitting in a class bored to death because he/she already knows the answer for every subject the teacher has to offer. The other is finishing school early.
 
my chemistry teacher graduated HS at 15.
i bet it made the seniors look dumb as fuck with a student graduating
along with them that was 3 years younger than they were.
Sometimes you can't help being smart as fuck.......its a gift.
 
I skipped the 7th grade, the only thing I missed out on was learning how to type. My sister and brother are 11 and 8 yrs older, so I was always around older kids, except my 2 younger cousins.
 
Do the opposite. It's all about relative advantage, especially with black folks. They exaggerate behavioral issues so it's in your child's favor to be the most mature in the class.

 
Peace,

Maturity matters. I'm not in favor of skipping grades because of the disadvantages to the child due to being younger, smaller and less mature than their classmates. They have accelerated/talented & gifted classes for those students who are farther ahead academically. Put them in those and supplement the learning on your own.
 
I was skipped.

I never had an issue with the work but the maturity factor is huge that shouldn't be overlooked.

Never had any socially awkward issues or anything like that but the thought process that one or two years you're bypassing makes a huge difference.

It really depends on the kid though, if they're a mature kid then they will probably be ok.
 
Funny shit is that I see folks purposely holding kids back a grade. Especially if the kid is athletic. They repeat 7th or 8th grade and start high school at 15. Hopefully they end up dominating their sport as a 19 year old senior making them more marketable to colleges.
 
papi68 said:
Never skipped a grade but was in gifted, advanced, and honors courses. Started college 4 weeks after my 17th birthday. I say go for it.
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Same here I was always in advanced classes...and I felt college wasn't as much of a shock as it was for others, but I think time management responsibility and maturity are key.
 
nappy said:
I was skipped.

I never had an issue with the work but the maturity factor is huge that shouldn't be overlooked.

Never had any socially awkward issues or anything like that but the thought process that one or two years you're bypassing makes a huge difference.

It really depends on the kid though, if they're a mature kid then they will probably be ok.
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I agree I think 1 or 2 in elementary school can be big difference.
 
Really depends on maturity.

I was in college right after my 17th birthday, worked out. BS at 20, Masters 24


My biggest issue was I was always a grade ahead but always smaller because a year younger in my Jr high school days. It helped in someways but in other ways I missed out on some sporting opportunities cause I was smaller and not as confident. Although by the time I was 13-14 I was playing ball with the big cats cause was so use to playing like a little big man ;)
 
What is the point? The reality is that many parents do it for "bragging rights". How would graduating school a year older at a mediocre level give any advantage? If the kid is bored and not challenged enough, consider going to a better school. I'm on alot of parenting forums and nowadays parents are actually holding their kid back or starting them in school later. Its called "Redshirting". Its orgin comes from the book "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. The thought is that their child will be older than his/her classmates and will always expect to be at the top of his or her class. This actually makes way more sense than having your child go from being the most advanced kid in his/her class then skipping a grade and being mediocre.
 
daking181 said:
My twin boys got skipped. They've been on the honor roll since
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What school system though? No diss but i've seen kids struggle in one school system so their parents took them to another where they made honor roll. There is a huge difference in the quality of education and how challenging the coursework is between school systems and schools.
 
I was skipped back in elementary. Our 3rd grade class was split, it had 3rd on one side and 4th on the other side, same teacher... I was doing so well after the 1st semester in the 3rd grade, the teacher recommended I sit on the 4th grade side. So the next year, I went to the 5th grade. Graduated HS @17 and enrolled at Tennessee State U, 17 year old freshman. It was the shit, I loved it. I hope my child gets the opp to do it. Just had a tough time learning them damn timetables and chemical periodic tables lol
 
^SpiderMan^ said:
What is the point? The reality is that many parents do it for "bragging rights". How would graduating school a year older at a mediocre level give any advantage? If the kid is bored and not challenged enough, consider going to a better school. I'm on alot of parenting forums and nowadays parents are actually holding their kid back or starting them in school later. Its called "Redshirting". Its orgin comes from the book "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. The thought is that their child will be older than his/her classmates and will always expect to be at the top of his or her class. This actually makes way more sense than having your child go from being the most advanced kid in his/her class then skipping a grade and being mediocre.
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good point
 
drbaby6 said:
don't skip grades early just skip the last 2 or 3 grades by getting a GED then go to college early by 2 or 3 years,my son did this ,he made 30 on the act in 10th grade got a GEDand went to college
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I wonder if there is still a stigma attached to a GED
 
Ill Paragraph said:
Peace,

Maturity matters. I'm not in favor of skipping grades because of the disadvantages to the child due to being younger, smaller and less mature than their classmates. They have accelerated/talented & gifted classes for those students who are farther ahead academically. Put them in those and supplement the learning on your own.
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Peace

Didn't your son skip 2nd grade?
 

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