<p>I was asked to skip second grade (ahaha, a while ago), but didn't because I didn't want to lose my friends. Though now, in high school, I end up taking classes in a variety of grades (though some are mandated), and my best friends are in the class of 07. A while ago, I was considering graduating after three years, because I will have all the credits needed to graduate. But I'm going to take my senior year, because well, who wants to miss senior year? And you have more course selection and are better prepared for college. However since it's only eighth grade, and it's skipping him into high school, I agree with everyone else. If he's emotionally mature enough, it wouldn't hurt to move him up a grade. I kinda wonder what would I be like now if I had decided to skip back in elementary school, how I would be doing now. If he's ready for the challenge, eighth grade is definately the best year to skip; not only is most of it's review of middle school and preview of high school, it's typically a transitional age anyway, and if he's mature, he should have no problem fitting in. Especially since he's near the cutoff age, I would recommend that he take the challenge :) (sorry about my grammar, i'm falling asleep over here)</p>
<p>It's much more convenient to not skip. I can drive by myself a year earlier than if I had skipped a grade. :D</p>
<p>tunit2190:
just throwing in my two cents....i wouldn't really want to skip grades...first because there is really no need, for matter how smart or talented u r...i mean, sure there are those kids who like went to college at age 15 and graduated grad school by like 20...but look what happened to them....the social consequences should also be looked at...how will his friends view him?...and how would the upper grade look at him?...i think these are important things to consider </p>
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<p>That is the dumbest thing I have ever read on this site so far...honestly pay attention to what you write. </p>
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<li><p>Who cares how your friends would view you??? If they treat you like crap because you are smarter than them then they aren't your friends and are jealous of you obviously.</p></li>
<li><p>Who cares about how the upper grade looks at him??? If they treat you like crap then get used to it! School isn't a freaken friend fest! Not everybody is going to like you even if you skipped a grade or whatever, it's for learning. And if you can't go through life without dealing with people mistreating you, then you will have a hard time. Everyone has to go through rough times and suffer a little, whether it's losing some friends, or being mistreated by some stupid upperclassmen. You need to take these things in because it's going to be larger problems later in life I'm sure.</p></li>
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<p>I started early, and right now I feel like there was no point in me starting early, although in both aspects of school and socializing I am completely fine I feel like I would probably fit in a little better with the class below me, since everyone in my grade is more mature than me (plus, they can aldready drive :( lame!).</p>
<p>I skipped a grade, and junior high wasn't so bad. Now i'm a junior, and although I have many friends, the age difference (me being 15 and my friends being 17) is starting to get to me. Also, I haven't had a standing relationship with anyone because of my age. I may sound like the typical high school teenager here, worrying about girls, but it does play an important role in your life. If your brother knows what he's getting into, and can stand constantly being reminded everyday that he's younger than everyone else (in his grade), I would say go for it. Maturity wasn't so much of an issue for me, but if it is for him, I wouldn't recommend it.</p>
<p>I skipped a grade (actually, I skipped two half-grades; I was moved up during the middle of third grade), and I really haven't had any problems socially (at least, I haven't had problems that have stemmed from skipping), and certainly not academically. Honestly, smart kids will be bored regardless of whether they skipped a grade or not, and even kids who skipped a grade will still be ahead of their new classmates (by 5th grade I was back in gifted math, and by sixth grade I was back in gifted english and in double-gifted math). Having said that, in high school the classes you'll be taking won't really be with just members of your graduating class, except for things like Health and P.E. In the younger years, even in the older years, it's just as much about maturity as it is about academic ability.</p>
<p>What I'm trying to say is... there's no "ninth grade curriculum" or "tenth grade curriculum" or so on--there is for fifth and sixth graders, but not for high school kids. You choose your classes in high school. So I think it comes down not to whether or not you think you can handle the material, but whether or not you want to graduate high school a year earlier and in a graduating class you don't know. </p>
<p>Personally, I'm really glad I skipped a grade. Even though I did, I'm still valedictorian of my graduating class and quite frankly, I don't think I could suffer through another year of high school learning material that I've already known for years. But I think it's really a personal choice, and you can't look at precedent either.</p>
<p>Skipping one grade is no big deal, skipping many can be a problem. You will only be skipping one grade so there shouldn't be any social problems. Anyways, highschool kids often hang out/date with people a year or more older and younger than themselves.</p>
<p>I don't think skipping 8th grade will become a big deal. However, if it were me, I'd advise against it. Mainly because I doubt it will make much difference in boredom, and it'd be easier to dominate over everyone else in rank and contests and stuff later on in high school.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the input, it looks like he's going to go through with it, although it's not completely decided. The only thing he will have to do is take algebra I over the summer, which shouldn' be a problem. I can't say he's completely in love with the idea, but I think he realizes that its probably better for him.</p>