I never noticed that Ron DeSantis is short until footage emerged of his weird shoes and the even-weirder gait he has wearing them. The shoes look like medieval poulaines and his gait resembles that…
The taller candidate wins most presidential elections…
Uneducated people that don’t know that whole causation/correlation thing thinks that means using tricks to look taller helps their chances.
It probably has more to do with being taller as a kid too where other kids looked to you as a leader and you dominated sports/games. That stuff snowballs into lifelong confidence and advantages in k-12 means advantages in college, and a springboard into a career.
DeSantis thinks it’s the same as wearing high heels in public without practicing first.
Explore the birthdates of professional athletes, and you’ll notice a significant cluster in January and February. It often begins with kids playing sports together in school. As slightly older children tend to have a size advantage, parents and coaches start to take notice, focusing more attention on these “promising” young athletes.
Maybe we’re from different countries. In America it’s not about calendar year, it’s about school year. So if you’re 6 years old in August (or whenever school starts) you start 1st grade. Some kids are 6 years 0 months, and some are 6 years and 11 months. They all go to the same class.
Close to the cutoff and some parents will hold back or get them in early.
That’s exactly why this happens. At young ages, even an extra six months can give you a huge leg up in sports. So coaches see a first grader performing really well – because they have that six month advantage – and hype them up, which ends up snow balling.
I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit. I need to log off
The taller candidate wins most presidential elections…
Uneducated people that don’t know that whole causation/correlation thing thinks that means using tricks to look taller helps their chances.
It probably has more to do with being taller as a kid too where other kids looked to you as a leader and you dominated sports/games. That stuff snowballs into lifelong confidence and advantages in k-12 means advantages in college, and a springboard into a career.
DeSantis thinks it’s the same as wearing high heels in public without practicing first.
Explore the birthdates of professional athletes, and you’ll notice a significant cluster in January and February. It often begins with kids playing sports together in school. As slightly older children tend to have a size advantage, parents and coaches start to take notice, focusing more attention on these “promising” young athletes.
Huh?
Maybe we’re from different countries. In America it’s not about calendar year, it’s about school year. So if you’re 6 years old in August (or whenever school starts) you start 1st grade. Some kids are 6 years 0 months, and some are 6 years and 11 months. They all go to the same class.
Close to the cutoff and some parents will hold back or get them in early.
That’s exactly why this happens. At young ages, even an extra six months can give you a huge leg up in sports. So coaches see a first grader performing really well – because they have that six month advantage – and hype them up, which ends up snow balling.
I love when someone is belligerently wrong and down votes people that are correct. Go back to Reddit.I need to log offhttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-athletes-birthdays-affect-who-goes-pro-and-who-becomes-a-star/
Are you complaining about me?
Your comment already has a down vote, and you’re agreeing what I first said… And I don’t see anything belligerent in my comment.
But I dont know who else you’d be complaining about, I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about.
Quick edit:
Did you reply to the wrong person? You’re not even the person I replied to
My bad I assumed it was you and I’ve been drinking. I’m sorry dude
Good on you to admit a mistake and apologize.
Depends on the state. NY for example goes by the calendar year.