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by human_person
1407 days ago
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I know a handful of individuals who graduated from college at 20. All of them regret it. Starting their careers a few years early in no way made up for missed experiences or the social awkwardness of being significantly less mature than their ‘year’ peers. If it’s about filling your sons need for intellectual stimulation there are many great online options (and books!). This may be my own biases but pushing your offspring to skip a grade or take extra AP classes or graduate from college years early focuses too much on credentialism and external validation (particularly for you the parent) rather than helping the child build a rich, balanced life. |
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You would tend not to notice except in conversation when you add things up and realise they are unusually accomplished.
Personally I think it's weird making people learn in lock step by age rather than allowing them to progress at their natural rate.
There are a few different underlying assumptions there when you think about it, eg that a) people of the same age have equal "maturity" b) socialising with people older than you is harmful (or less beneficial) compared to socialising with people the same age as you c) socialisation mainly happens in an institutional context d) the purpose of higher education is socialisation as much as learning.
Any or several of those ^ can be false for a particular student. Of course the institution and other students matter too in terms of outcome.
"Pushing" and validation chasing are bad tho, with you on that one.