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Originally Posted by timun
I "get it", but I think it's ####ing weird. Some kids might benefit from being held back a year, I suppose, but my own personal experience is the opposite. I started kindergarten when I was four and didn't turn five until the next calendar year, and generally I tended to get some of the best grades in my class. I graduated high school when I was 17 and didn't turn 18 until about three quarters of the way through my first year at university; the only thing that I felt was detrimental was not being able to legally buy a beer.
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Nobody is saying all girls are better at learning than all boys at their age. We’re talking about average boys vs girls at the population level. Of course there will be lots of kids who defy those norms.