Hi, we are trying to make a decision regarding my dd for next year. She was skipped from 1st to 2nd and it's a FT highly gited classroom. So it was like a double skip and she had never been in a school environment before. She does not like to read for pleasure but can read well. She isn't keeping up in math but has agreed to do some extra work this summer. Even with these struggles, she has had HUGE growth this year. She does not want her friends to go on to 3rd without her next year and thinks she'll be embarrased to stay behind. However, she admits that she is nervous thinking of the harder work in 3rd. She says she gets "everything wrong in school right now...." (that's not true but she doesn't do as well as probably 95% of her class. This year has been tough and I don't know if either one of us have it in us to go through the struggles in 3rd next year. The teacher thinks she can go on and may be behind for a bit but will come along just fine. My gut is just telling me otherwise. I feel like the only reason she wants to go on is because she doesn't want to look stupid being held back. This of course is breaking my heart since I agreed with the school that she could skip this year (the school approached us about it.) She has lots of friends and seems to enjoy the day quite a bit, I'm so torn as to what to do.
Has anyone ever reversed a skip and why? Would love to here how you made the decision. Thanks
