299. Richard Reeves — Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
The Michael Shermer Show
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Red Shirting the Boys?
When you're five, if there's an 11 month difference between you and one of the other players, that's huge. A year older when they hit high school, which means they are a year bigger when they're on the playing field. And in basketball and football and sockerance, that can make quite a big difference, especially for boys. But where i think gladwll was wrong is in the suggestion that that relative age effect,. like within your class, has a big academic result. It's actually much more your absolute age that affects your academics.
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