and then make it seem like anyone who is successful at the age of 18 and in 12 grade is only successful because of their age.
and then make it seem like anyone who is successful at the age of 18 and in 12 grade is only successful because of their age.
Because obviously the extra time they had before enrolling in kindergarten was utilized to build a bigger base.
I'm with you. It is absolutely ridiculous.
Not sure. I've always thought 18 was normal, I don't know anyone (not hyperbole) who graduated at 17.
I graduated high school when I was 18 1/2. (dec birthday) Sadly all my prs are from my junior year when I was 17.
mdmmd wrote:
and then make it seem like anyone who is successful at the age of 18 and in 12 grade is only successful because of their age.
I haven't noticed this. If you mean some people talking about Verzbicas being old, they don't mean that he is old now. Last year (year before last actually) when he won Footlocker the first time he was a sophomore in school, but was old for a sophomore. He then skipped a grade, and is now normal aged for a high school senior. A tiny few high school seniors are nineteen.
I agree with the OP. It annoys me every time.
I agree completely, they always say "i graduated at 17...blah blah"...however they know when they are typing this that 95% of the people they graduated with were 18 or just turned 19
Has everything to do with cut-off dates and nothing to do with intellect, unless you're a child genius or something.
My birthday is at the end of December, and the cutoff date when I entered kindergarten was Dec. 31, so I entered kindergarten when I was 4 and graduated when I was 17.
Apparently that's really rare, and more cut-off dates are in August and September. My (former) school system changed the cut-off date to September a few years ago, so if I entered school under these terms, I would have been 18 when I graduated.
The people who are "acting like it's normal" to graduate at 17 probably come from a system like mine, where over half of the people graduating from high school were 17 (graduation date at the end of May, so end of May through end of December birthdays were 17). People who "don't know a single person" who graduated when they were 17 come from different school systems.
Don't think it means too much either way.
Only time it was annoying was when I was in 2nd grade and some kids in my class decided to form a recess club, but you had to be seven to join, and I was only six. Two days later they had entirely forgotten about the club (notice I never have; traumatizing experience for a six-year-old) and all was well for the next 11 years.
A lot of people I know graduated at 17 including me... my birthday was in November so I didn't turn 18 until fall of my freshman year of college. A lot of people I know had summer birthdays so they also graduated at 17.
teacher wrote:
I agree completely, they always say "i graduated at 17...blah blah"...however they know when they are typing this that 95% of the people they graduated with were 18 or just turned 19
I turned 18 the summer before my senior year of high school. I was older than most kids on my class, but not the oldest. A few kids were 19, a few were 17, most were 18.
You shouldn't be 19 when you graduate high school unless you were held back or your parents are stupid and enrolled you a year late. About 60% of kids should be 18 and 40% 17. Anyone born from June to September/October/November(depending on the state) should be 17 and if born in the other months 18.
My take on it wrote:
Not sure. I've always thought 18 was normal, I don't know anyone (not hyperbole) who graduated at 17.
you probably do know someone who graduated at 17 or earlier, you just don't know it.
there are a lot of reasons not to tell people. #1 is if you never asked. can't tell you how many people judge age, especially if they themselves are in college, by what year in school you are. and why volunteer information that wasn't asked for, especially if by volunteering it you could be seen as overly concerned about letting people know how smart you are? and it does change how some people look at you... not always good if you just want to fit in.
I was 17 when I graduated. Several of my cousins were too. My parents were both 17 when they graduated from high school. My youngest son will be 17 when he graduates. Seems pretty normal to me.
teacher wrote:
I agree completely, they always say "i graduated at 17...blah blah"...however they know when they are typing this that 95% of the people they graduated with were 18 or just turned 19
Yeah, I turned 19 about 2 weeks after I graduated and people always think I failed a grade (I didn't) even though I was only the 3rd oldest person in my class (and it was a very small class of about 100).
straight beastin yo wrote:
You shouldn't be 19 when you graduate high school unless you were held back or your parents are stupid and enrolled you a year late. About 60% of kids should be 18 and 40% 17. Anyone born from June to September/October/November(depending on the state) should be 17 and if born in the other months 18.
Actually, the average state's cut-off tends to be around mid September, so that's about 80% of students supposed to be graduating at age 18 (though, admittedly, New York and California are both among the 8 states with cut-offs beyond mid October which is bound to sway things a bit, though with Indiana's cut-off way back in July there are also places where virtually every kid graduating would be 18).
Some parents hold their child back so they will have another year to mature which can make a huge difference athletically. Others may choose to hold a child back if he is very small for his age. My dad has virtually the same birthdate as I do and we went to the same high school. The cutoff was dec 31 when he went so he graduated at 17. The cutoff was sep 1 when I went so I graduated at 18. In the long run, it won't make much difference.
I graduated when I was 17. It seemed a lot like reality to me. It would be pretty hard to pretend the whole diploma receiving and making the closing address to my class. maybe some LR posters need to get their shit in line when trying to make accusations.
Mr Magoo wrote:
I graduated when I was 17. It seemed a lot like reality to me. It would be pretty hard to pretend the whole diploma receiving and making the closing address to my class. maybe some LR posters need to get their shit in line when trying to make accusations.
Of course we're not saying that anyone is lying. It's just odd that when someone like Verzbicas (or Josh McDougal, or anyone marginally old for their class) comes up, an abundance of people seem to want to boast about how they were (and how you should be) only 17 when you graduate. The fact is, right now, most people that graduate are 18, so the fact that you graduated at 17 doesn't detract from their performances.
Mr Magoo wrote:
I graduated when I was 17. It seemed a lot like reality to me. It would be pretty hard to pretend the whole diploma receiving and making the closing address to my class. maybe some LR posters need to get their shit in line when trying to make accusations.
The OP didn't say that no one graduated at 17. He said that it's not the normal age. That is undeniably true.