The thing that really gets me is that between any two grades the actual age difference can be as small as two days or as large as a year and that's not counting kids held back for whatever reason. Count those in and you are looking kids in the SAME grade having an age spread of up to nearly two years. I don't get the I'm in 5th and you're in 4th so you aren't as "special' or whatnot. Honestly you are talking about an age difference of days in some cases.
When you actually look at the numbers a one grade skip really doesn't change the age range all that much and really isn't an eye-popping concept.
Feeling a bit snitty at the moment...
