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I started to school as a five-year old first grader and I would like to share a couple of experiences. I played on Green County's first football team as a 10th grader back in 1962. I was fourteen and did my best to compete for my size and age. I did not know I was young until many years later as I found out that on some of the teams I was competing against, some of the opponents were turning twenty. I always wonder if I had of been a little older and more mature that my maturity level and playing skills might have been enhanced if the playing field had of been more level. In my first years of teaching and coaching I was against so called holdbacks, but as time went on I mellowed on the idea. I started my three kids to school at the age of, or turning seven. They were no stars on the field but turned out to be stars in the classroom. I encourage all parents for the sake of their child to start them out at seven in the first grade rather than at a later time. I have heard many elementary teachers say they can tell a big difference in maturity level and performance.