Submission + - Jumping from kindergarten to the 3rd grade
mountainman writes: I just got an e-mail from my brother proudly announcing that my nephew's public school is recommending that he skip the first and second grades and go from kindergarten directly into the third grade. My nephew is pretty smart but has average social skills and I think this is a perfectly horrible idea. Skipping one grade might work but, in my opinion, skipping two will do little but guarantee that he'll have no friends until a few years past college when he can start drinking legally.
Does anyone on Slashdot have experience, either personally or as a parent, on skipping two grades like this?
Does anyone on Slashdot have experience, either personally or as a parent, on skipping two grades like this?