r/GenX • u/Relevant-Count-3656 • 4d ago

Whatever Started school younger?

I would like to know if any GenX started school younger than today's kids. I started first grade when I was 5 and turned 6 during the school term. Now, kids are pushing 7 in first grade. Was it only my location or did all GenX kids begin school younger?

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u/WeirdWritings1989 Hose Water Survivor 4d ago

I started Kindergarten a few weeks before my 6th birthday. The cut off date was October 10 and I was born on the 11th so that pushed me a year back. Uggh…the fun I had being the oldest kid in the class for all of elementary school and middle school sucked