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Did you skip any grades in school? Do you think its a good idea?

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Posted - December 1, 2017

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  • 44608
    I didn't but I could have. They didnn't do it when I was in school. My son skipped 2 grades. At one point his sixth grade teacher could no longer challenge him as he knew more than she did. She really did say that.
      December 1, 2017 12:58 PM MST
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  • 13071
    I had a feeling you might have skipped a grade or two. I skipped two, and felt  out of place most of the time. Especially graduating at 16 was most uncomfortable. I wasnt ready .  
      December 1, 2017 1:13 PM MST
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  • 44608
    Everyone in the school liked him...except the teachers. He was a member of an underground newspaper that bashed everything and used a lot of profanity. A news crew here went to random classrooms and they just happened to choose him for an interview about how to solve some of schools' problems. He said "Fire half the teachers." I was quite proud of him, but his teachers were suspicious of him.
      December 1, 2017 2:49 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Wow, I would be proud too. Sounds like my son in a way. He is into conspiracy theories that are actually correct. Are you sure were not related? Lol 
      December 1, 2017 2:51 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Conspiracy theories are NEVER correct dear.


      December 3, 2017 9:33 PM MST
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  • 13071
    I disagree. ;)
      December 4, 2017 9:37 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I'm sure there are a few.  But .... really.  THEY are not against us.  Global warming IS NOT A CONSPIRACY and the Illuminati I am not totally dismissing.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 5, 2017 5:41 PM MST
      December 4, 2017 10:08 AM MST
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  • 13071
    Good call on the Ilumni. 
      December 4, 2017 1:47 PM MST
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  • 585
    Sounds like an awesome kid!!
      December 1, 2017 8:08 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I like him.
      December 4, 2017 9:47 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Get OUT OF HERE!  You are a freaking genius.  I didn't realize that you are almost as smart as me.

    NO.  I AM KIDDING.  I could never EVER make that claim that I could handle getting double promoted twice like that.  I would be totally losted.
      December 3, 2017 9:30 PM MST
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  • 13071
    Totally losted? HAHAHAHA Oh Sharonna Turns GIMP, and you wonder why I love you so much. :)))))
      December 4, 2017 9:39 AM MST
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  • 46117
    My great friend is a freaking GENIUS.

    I'm telling everybody.

      December 4, 2017 9:48 AM MST
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  • 13071
    Image result for gifs of people jumping on a trampoline
      December 4, 2017 9:57 AM MST
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  • 5835
    I skipped second grade and every kid in town hated me forever.

    The first grade teacher told me not to get ahead of the class, as if it were my responsibility to be stupid. Then she promoted me to second grade just before the end of the year, so in effect I went from first to third. Even at that I was always a couple years ahead of my grade. I was reading 8th grade level in third grade, and studying my brother's high school physics book in 6th grade. When I got into high school I thought I had been set free to learn all I could, but the teachers just wished I would sit the h*ll down and shut the h*ll up. When I got into college I began to realize that I was totally unprepared to meet the world.
      December 1, 2017 7:01 PM MST
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  • 46117
    THen why do you not SHOW it?
      December 3, 2017 9:31 PM MST
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  • 13071
    ROTFLMAO!!!!
      December 4, 2017 9:40 AM MST
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  • 13071
    Image result for gifs of people jumping on a trampoline
      December 4, 2017 9:43 AM MST
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  • 585
    I had an opportunity to (from 4th to 6th) but now I'm glad I didn't. I think for my emotional sake it was the right choice to go through each grade with everyone else even though the coursework wasn't challenging me.
      December 1, 2017 8:09 PM MST
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  • 17596
    Yes, by that age your social life would be disrupted by skipping the grade.  Were you involved in the decision?
      December 4, 2017 10:06 AM MST
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  • No, I did not. I was a "normie". I always got straight A's without much effort, but was not particularly remarkable otherwise. Having a birthday in December meant I was older than most of the kids in my class too. 
      December 2, 2017 12:26 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Dear Nev,

    People who get straight A's are NOT normies.  They are Crazysmart.

      December 4, 2017 9:49 AM MST
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  • 3523
    We home schooled so none of my kids "skipped" grades.  My son got his Ph. D. at 22.  I'd say that went well for us.
      December 3, 2017 9:26 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Again, you are AMAAAAZING.

    I thought I was one of the smartest people on this site. That goes to show HOW CLUELESS I AM.

    Everyone on this thread is leaps and bounds ahead of my small brain.
      December 4, 2017 9:50 AM MST
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