Originally Posted by Anonymous
Agree. In fact, many kindergarten teachers will recommend mid to late summer boys waiting to begin school. No teacher will recommend an 8th grader repeat. It just doesn't happen at that age.


Yes it does, just look at Crabs organization. Ryan M highly recommends that 8th graders repeat, but not for academics but for the sole purpose of being an older/bigger player on his team. But you are correct, a teacher would not suggest this unless for pure academic reasons.