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Anyone skip a grade in grade school?

I had a chance to skip a grade, but my dad thought I would be better off with kids my own age. I don't think I'm worse off for it.
 
in the grand scheme of things, skipping a grade in grade school doesnt matter much, 1 year of age difference is nothing much.
 
I skipped second grade, so i figure i'm one year ahead for the rest of my life, unless I die a year early, or something, back to physics HW.
 
I skipped junior year in high school... i was already 1 year younger than the kids in my class, so when I was a senior, everyone was 2 years older than me... Never had a problem with it ... people were cool and welcoming....
 
I didn't, but I find that people who have skipped, would have been better off without skipping grades and just taking harder courses in high school. First, you're around people older than you and in many cases you will get picked on much more than if you were with those your age. Then, many of your school friends will be older and their maturity level will be different than that person's.

There are plenty of reasons pointing either direction, but personally I would avoid skipping a grade.
 
School asked me to, but my parents said no cause I had lots of friends which I presently lost after they found out I was supposed to skip.
This was 5th grade by the way, so assumedly these "friends" grew out of their stupidity.
 
Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Did you consider it helpful for you over the long term or detrimental?
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I skipped third grade and it doesn't really matter much now, but it made it a little harder for me up until I finished High School.
I was never big for my age, and being a year younger than the rest of the class didn't help much.
It was also more difficult dating in HS. Playing Football, Soccer and Lacrosse was also pretty tough.
If I had it to do all over again I would not have skipped a grade.

 
Originally posted by: Cyberian
Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Did you consider it helpful for you over the long term or detrimental?
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I skipped third grade and it doesn't really matter much now, but it made it a little harder for me up until I finished High School.
I was never big for my age, and being a year younger than the rest of the class didn't help much.
It was also more difficult dating in HS. Playing Football, Soccer and Lacrosse was also pretty tough.
If I had it to do all over again I would not have skipped a grade.
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I was asking because I feel the same way as you.

I skipped a grade and was always much smaller than everyone else. I only really caught up in HS. Also, going from being one of the smartest kids in my class to just an average one made things difficult as well. If I could have helped it, I wouldn't have skipped either.

I have a 3 YO son who I think is exceptionally smart. He can read whole books (children's books), memorizes everything, is very focused, has a long attention span but is a complete joy. If I ever had to make a decision to not let him skip, I can't help but wonder if I would be hurting his development since I'm quite sure he'll be smarter than I ever was.
 
2 grades. They wanted me to skip a total of 11 grades, but my dad wouldn't let them.

I view it as very, very bad. I hit puberty when I was a senior in HS, and I had very few social skills. I was also too immature to attend college, and therefore dropped out.

Now it's 4 years later and I haven't been able to afford to go back. I plan to next year.
 
I'd say it depends on how your age falls.

If you are already "young" for your class...AKA just squeeked by the cutoff date, you won't really benefit much from it. If you are right in the middle to the older in your class, not as big of a deal.

It's not fun being a year younger than anyone else in your grade when you learn to drive. It's not fun being 17 and in college. You just get left out of a lot of things. Skipping grades if you are already younger than anyone else just makes things harder.

JMHO.
 
I basically skipped 6th grade.
I went to an private montessori school that didn't have grades. When the school closed, I switched to public school and started at 7th grade even though my age would have put me in 6th. In fact, because of when my birthday was, I ended up being almost 2 years younger than some of the kids.

When I first went to public school, I had a hard time making friends. I already tended to be a shy kid, and the fact that all my clasmates were 1 to 2 years older than me, made it even harder. My first two years of high school, I had a couple of friends but still wasn't very social. Junior and senior year I joined the swim team and had a pretty fun time and made a lot of friends. But I was so excited to finally have a social life and be going to parties and stuff, that I spent more time fvcking off and drinking and smoking pot instead of doing my schoolwork.

I think the biggest negative was starting my first year of college a week before turning 17. I was definitely not ready psychologically and ended up dropping out my first year. Mainly because I had a hard time going to class when I wasn't being forced. It wasn't until 10 years later that I finally got my bachelor's degree. I can't blame that all on skipping a grade, but overall, I wish I hadn't. I think I would have had more friends and been more ready for college.

My 8 yr old son is also very gifted in academics, and he does get bored because the stuff they are doing is so easy for him most of the time. But my experience has me feeling like he would be better off being with kids his own age. I do have mixed feelings about it though. I worry that he won't do well if he is bored.
 
I did nto skip a grade, and I can tell you that school up to 12th grade was BORING as hell. I joined one of thsoe stupid "Gifted" after chool classes in 5th grade, and left the second year because it was boring as well.
 
i didnt skip but i did go to school way too early
i enjoyed high school but the social life could have been better. in retrospect its not better nor does it help anything. now in college nobody cares. i started college at 16..now after a few major changes and worthless classes, everybodys caught up
 
I skipped a grade. It was helpful academically and career wise, but detrimental socially.
The reason it was helpful career wise, is that if I didn't skip a grade, I would be graduating college at the end of 2001 instead of end of 2000. The difference between job market for recent college grad in 2000 and 2001 is night and day.
 
I went from 3rd to 5th and then into GATE. After that I moved to Alabama where the education system blows.

By the time I got to high school I ditched often enough that you could say I skipped a few of those grades too.
 
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