I agree with Mr. Stone in that the skipping situation tends to be more complicated than is shown in this article, and the projected solution is an intriguing idea but essentially flawed.
I'd especially like to highlight that a 7th grade year can be worse than going to Uni early. This is definitely what I thought when applying: Mahomet schools left me socially starved and educationally bored, not the ideal situation for a fragile 11-year old. For this reason, I can't fully regret leaving Mahomet at that point. However, not having my liscence until Senior year and graduating at the age of 16 are two aspects I'm not looking forward to, and reflecting on Subbie year, I was unfortunately particularly immature.
So faced with these observations, I would propose, not a weeding out of younger students, but an enforcement of the awareness that there IS a down-side to skipping a year.
I agree with Mr. Stone in
I agree with Mr. Stone in that the skipping situation tends to be more complicated than is shown in this article, and the projected solution is an intriguing idea but essentially flawed.
I'd especially like to highlight that a 7th grade year can be worse than going to Uni early. This is definitely what I thought when applying: Mahomet schools left me socially starved and educationally bored, not the ideal situation for a fragile 11-year old. For this reason, I can't fully regret leaving Mahomet at that point. However, not having my liscence until Senior year and graduating at the age of 16 are two aspects I'm not looking forward to, and reflecting on Subbie year, I was unfortunately particularly immature.
So faced with these observations, I would propose, not a weeding out of younger students, but an enforcement of the awareness that there IS a down-side to skipping a year.