Friday Homework

The article I read was about parents holding their children back a year before going to kindergarten. The term they referred to was red shirting your kid; just like in college where so many freshman athletes are not played their first year in order to build maturity. The same principles apply to parents holding their child back.

I found the article to be very well written. There were many statistics that made the article interesting and the stats were able to support the article. I found it very interesting that the older kids in each grade were 10% more likely to go to a four year school.

 I think the article pulls the reader into the story and allows the reader to determine if they agree with red shirting or not. I myself do not agree with holding your child back because I personaly would not want to be a year older then everyone in my grade.



1 Comment so far

  1.   fuglsang on September 7th, 2010

    Where did you see the article, Miranda? Include a link as part of your discussion.

    This is obviously common for boys; parents want to give their sons an additional year of growth and maturity when they get into sports. I suppose it’s also possible that some kids may not be ready for school at five, so they need another year.