Do you agree or disagree with social promotion?
Will kindergartners, for example, feel awkward if they pass into first grade by age alone?
depends on the grade
At its extreme, social promotion is detrimental to students because it
can lead to having a 12th grader graduate without the ability to read and write. When my son was in 8th grade, he once had a classmate who was 15, learning to drive. Retention, too, can lead to having students at different social or developmental stages "inappropriately" grouped together.
Should retention -- repeating the same grade -- be with the same teacher in the same school?
dyslexic, hard of hearing, illness -- missed class, family stress interferes with concentration
Does the student need a different approach? Is she or he more
likely to get a different approach through retention or through social
promotion?
Repeat a grade, retention, hold back
He was held back.
The school will hold him back next year.
Sample essay 1: Social promotion helps students.
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