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- From: kassover@rumsey.crd.ge.com (David Kassover)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: tax deductions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.233138.10270@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 23:31:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan1.230041.25915@athena.mit.edu> sst@athena.mit.edu (S. Tucker) writes:
- >
- >Ignoring the smileys for a moment, anyone who actually has the option
- >of choosing which day their child will be born should consider school
- >requirements as a high priority. In my school district the turn of
- >the year was the cutoff for determining which kids were classmates.
- >
- >The ones born in January were the oldest in their class, and had clear
- >advantages in physical, mental, and emotional development. Those born
- >in December were the youngest, with corresponding disadvantages. Some
- >avoided the problem by being held back a year at the start, but then
- >they were always the "wrong" grade for their age.
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- But I wouldn't consider it very long or hard. In the five years
- or so between birth and entrance to grade school, policies,
- district lines and residences can change.
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- These things are best dealt with when they come up, if they do,
- not in advance.
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