So according to a report published by the National foundation for Educational Research, me as a child would have had to be seen by a psychiatrist or been dubbed as a child requiring 'Special Needs' solely due to the fact that i am a summer born :O LOL. I guess my parents were not intelligent enough to conceive me during one of the winter months *sighs* :P
Anyways!...The responses that i have got are very much interesting and humorous! I had a good laugh reading some of the comments. I fail to understand how some researcher's fail to foresee the down side of their research. Are they even collecting reliable data? Or are they simply being bias? :S In my views, they are not looking into depth and are simply just underlying their research on the grounds of local statistics and not global. There are SEVERAL summer born's out there who are higher achievers. Just today i had a chat with a teaching practitioner, she had informed me that majority of her students last year were summer born's and they very able children, but then again her students this year who are summer born's are struggling :S The thought of summer born's being less likely to attend universities happens to sound like a great emphasis and down right ludicrous. I Understand one of the point that the research has pointed out in regards to 'age on starting school'. Development differences are greatest when children are young, suggesting that age on starting school maybe important because the youngest children are least able to cope with the demands of a 'formal curriculum' and they are more likely to struggle because they still don't have that sense of maturity compared to their peers who are autumn born, the age gap between them is wide and can make a significant difference in terms of cognitive development.
Note to All: If anyone of you do come across any literature opposing this statement then do inform me, since i am very much focused on proving this point wrong. It's abosultely ridiculous to think that there are numerous articles out there which supports the statement but none against :|
Oh and if its acceptable them i might just use all of your responses as a reference, that is of course if you all are okay with it? All information collected will be anonymous.
Thanks for Posting! Adious..x. :)
