• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Huh?

    Maybe we’re from different countries. In America it’s not about calendar year, it’s about school year. So if you’re 6 years old in August (or whenever school starts) you start 1st grade. Some kids are 6 years 0 months, and some are 6 years and 11 months. They all go to the same class.

    Close to the cutoff and some parents will hold back or get them in early.

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      1 year ago

      That’s exactly why this happens. At young ages, even an extra six months can give you a huge leg up in sports. So coaches see a first grader performing really well – because they have that six month advantage – and hype them up, which ends up snow balling.

      I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit. I need to log off

      https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-athletes-birthdays-affect-who-goes-pro-and-who-becomes-a-star/

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        1 year ago

        I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit

        Are you complaining about me?

        Your comment already has a down vote, and you’re agreeing what I first said… And I don’t see anything belligerent in my comment.

        But I dont know who else you’d be complaining about, I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about.

        Quick edit:

        Did you reply to the wrong person? You’re not even the person I replied to