Study: Kids whose parents hold them back from school a year have advantages

Re:Study: Kids whose parents hold them back from school a ye... by nhumrich on Saturday March 25, 2017 @03:14PM (#13957105)

Personally, I am glad I went a year early. It means I started college a year early, and was ahead of all my peers by that point in time. I pushed hard in school, and I finished and entered the work force really early, jump-starting my career. All that even with taking two years off in the middle of my college years.

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Re:Study: Kids whose parents hold them back from school a ye... by startupdiscuss on Saturday March 25, 2017 @03:23PM (#13957137)

What is the benefit of starting your career "early"?

What happens in the "end"?

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Re:Study: Kids whose parents hold them back from school a ye... by joefourier on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:18PM (#13957621)

In general, programmers (and similar individuals) do not have the best experiences during elementary and high school.

Why wouldn't you want to get to the stage where you have freedom to make your own decisions, to control how you spend your time, to earn and spend your own income, as quickly as possible?

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Re:Study: Kids whose parents hold them back from school a ye... by tedunangst on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:09PM (#13957595)

If skip enough years of school, you can graduate college early and start your career at only 20, and then you don't have to go to happy hour with your colleagues.

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Re:Study: Kids whose parents hold them back from school a ye... by prolly_a_moron on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:16PM (#13957617)

>All that even with taking two years off in the middle of my college years.

How has any of this made you better off? You make it sound as if "taking two years off" in your late teens/early twenties is a major issue.

Personally, I wish I would have seen more of the world after high school and before college.

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