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Students attend school for 13 years. Let's say they miss out on 5/8 of a year because of this (I think the number is closer to 1/3, but it's not a big differenc
by theLotusGambit 6y ago
Students attend school for 13 years. Let's say they miss out on 5/8 of a year because of this (I think the number is closer to 1/3, but it's not a big difference). So, instead of getting 100% of a "dismally low" education, they're only getting 95.2%. That hardly seems like a devastating loss to me, either from a knowledge or economic perspective.
- radicalbyte 6y agoI don't know if the US is the same as other countries.. but in the UK your birthdate defines how much schooling you get. I'm a summer child so my first year of school consisted of a two week introduction and then the summer holiday. My best friend at school and all of the higher performing kids (except me) were born in the first half of the year so had an extra 6 months of schooling.
- pansa2 6y agoI thought everyone in the UK started school together, in September?
- radicalbyte 6y agoNot in the early 1980s at least. You're put in a school year based on birthday, the school year starting in September. You then started at school on your 5th birthday. It may be different nowadays; it would make way more sense to have everyone start in September. I live in The Netherlands and here kids start as soon as they turn 4. They then spend two-three years in the young kids class depending on maturity.