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BeatriceBean 
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 9:46am |
How do you feel about skipping children a grade or two?
Were any of you skipped?
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 9:47am |
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I know a girl that skipped a grade and she finished her bachelors a yr early....she's about to graduate with her masters in may at the age of 20.
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 9:48am |
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I was not skipped, but family members have been skipped
I think 1 grade is okay
more than that and you run into social issues
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 9:48am |
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im all for it
balance it out with an active social life with their peer group
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 9:49am |
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Sure why not?
Our district doesn't allow that though.
They just let us take college classes the last year and a half.
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 9:52am |
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This boy in my school graduated at 15 he skipped 3 grades, highest G.P.A in the school, straight A's not even one B & he now attends Harvard with a full scholarship, alot of people never knew he was that young though, we thought he was atleast 16 until the principle announced it at graduation
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 10:03am |
 jonesable wrote:
Sure why not?
Our district doesn't allow that though.
They just let us take college classes the last year and a half. |
Depending on the situation, I'm not necessarily a proponent of skipping if it can be circumvented, for various reasons which I'll go into later. Most skipping occurs at the primary school level, and I think that taking collegiate courses or graduating early is a good option at the high school level.
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 10:04am |
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look at ryan leslie
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 10:09am |
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my older brother was supposed to have been skipped 2 grades and for some reason my mother refused. i thought it was ridiculous for him to be stuck in grades where he never had to work at anything. i think it was just fear that kept my mother from allowing him to be skipped, either that or ignorance.
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Posted: Nov 08 2012 at 10:19am |
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the OP is about children
Beatrice, you are talking about kids in grades K - 6, right? Maybe I am wrong
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