"Red-shirting" is a soapbox issue for me. My daughter is the youngest fifth grader in the Galax City Public School System. She certainly was not that in kindergarten. Most of the kids she started kindergarten with have been held back if they weren't started a year late to begin with for future athletic purposes. It is a ridiculous practice that affects the academic achievement of some kids. We are starting to learn the long term affects of this practice through studies being done at institutions like Princeton, Harvard and Stanford. I disagree with holding kids back wholeheartedly!
Kids who aren't stimulated and challenged tend to lose critical thinking skills. Passive brag from a proud dad but the youngest fifth grader in the entire school system made perfect scores on all three of her SOL's this spring. SOL's will do nothing to help my daughter get into college but it is the system we have.
Simply put, if parents expectations of their kids academic achievements were as focused as their expectations of their kids athletic achievements, we wouldn't need SOL's or any other government enforced educational system.
Pretty rough draw for Richlands if it stays as is. A first round date with Gretna before facing Giles then Appomattox and finally a trip to whoever is the highest team left in the east before they even get to the state final. A Glenvar - Graham meeting in round one wouldn't be easy for the defending state champions.
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LongTimeSWVAFan got a reaction from Ryan4VT in Week 7 Power Points