Did anyone see the segment on the Today Show (and I'm sure there were segments on other shows as well) about the youngest kids in the class being 60% more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD? The expert on the show thus concluded that a primary solution to that problem is to redshirt. No mention of the fact that teachers should not be diagnosing anything. Meredith Viera did mention that some kids might be acting out in school because the academics weren't challenging enough, but then the expert said that what the teachers say is true: "the academics might be right, but the youngest kid in the class will always be the last kid on the bus, both literally and figuratively." The whole segment just made me so frustrated that these myths are so prevalent and that the solution offerred up is redshirting!
Last edited by mnmom23; 08/23/10 11:30 AM.
