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LETTERS, Page 6Being a Child for One More Year
Your article "The Redshirt Solution" (EDUCATION, Nov. 13),
concerning the practice of delaying a child's entrance into
kindergarten, contained quite a commentary on American education
and on American life in general. Kathy Hewson stated, "By keeping
our son back last year, we gave him a gift. We allowed him to be
a child for one more year." How sad that once our youngsters go off
to kindergarten, they are no longer allowed to be children.
Joan Rocchetta
East Setauket, N.Y.
The idea of redshirting children was distressing for those of
us who still consider nursery school an option rather than a
requirement. Aside from the questions it raises about the
qualifications of those deciding who is ready for kindergarten and
who is not, and what effects redshirting will have on the child who
from then on will be the oldest in the class, the article poses
another problem for the financially squeezed family: Who is to pay
for all this preschool?
Martha Balkin
Vestal, N.Y.