In the book the Outliers Malcolm Gladwell discusses the advantages of letting your child start school late. This is supposed to help your child have an "accumulative advantage" in class. He believes this can help them be more mature at a younger age and help them succeed. But according to Sam Wang and Sandra Aamodt delaying school for a year causes a problem. They state that starting school at a younger age helps kids instead.
I agree with Malcolm Gladwell for several reasons. For example, I have a friend who is one of the oldest people in our grade(she didn't start school late, she just missed the cutoff date). She was able to read the entire Harry Potter series in the fifth grade and has amazing grades. I think this happened because she has the advantage of being older and mature.
Also, Gladwell discuses that hockey players born right after the cutoff date had a better chance of making the national league. This is because they are older then everyone else so they are bigger and more skilled then the others. This keeps growing and gives the kids an "accumulative advantage" against the other kids. As you can see, I am one Malcolm Gladwell's side.
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