Moving Back Schooling

Social Promotion is defined the practice promoting a child to the next grade level regardless of skill mastery in the belief that it will promote self-esteem. According the the Center for Development & Learning, it is estimated that as many as 15% of American students are held back each year, and 30% – 50% of students in the US are retained at least once before ninth grade. Social promotion advocates claim that holding students back and forcing them to repeat a grade causes them to have a “negative” education experience. I for one disagree with this theory.

Many times children who are held back do not improve educationally, become emotionally hurt from being retained, lose interest in school, and are more likely to be a drop-out (Fair Test, 2007).

School is a crucial part of a person’s life due to the amount of knowledge and successability a person might gain in their future. School can also be a place where students can interact with their fellow friends, but for others it can be a traumatizing place due to the amount of stress and also responsibility they might carry . This can be because of the stress teachers may put on the students. This can lead to students not giving their full effort on school, which will cause them to be mediocre students, and they wouldn’t be able to show their teacher the true potential they carry within themselves. These types of students are the one’s who are typically the students that aren’t successful in school. They just don’t

Social promotion can be a huge issue if a student is just passed along because the student will then start believe that no matter how they do it does not matter because he or she will still progress further. A study done by the Manhattan Institute showed that students in Florida improved 9% in math and 4% in reading whenever their promotion was based on their success on standardized tests and not social promotion (procon.org). This is may not seem like a big improvement, but students wanted to do better so they would not fail and be held back while the rest of their classmates were promoted to the next grade

The dropout problem is not only an individual problem, but it is costly to society as a whole. Warren & Halpen-Manners (2007) explained, “high school dropouts is of fundamental social, economic, and political importance and has major implications for educational policy and practice, patterns of economic and racial/ethnic inequality, and the quality of America’s workforce” (p. 335). Coupled with that, Neild et al (2008) further argued going through the portal into adult life without high school credentials carries severe economic and employment penalties. Also, Kennelly (2007) explained “When students drop out…. the toll of the quality of life and the prosperity and competitiveness of the communities where they live and collectively across

Students who drop out of school have more likely to have been suspended numerous times when they were enrolled in school. The consequences of punitive discipline for this can be shattering. Kids who are repeatedly suspended, or expelled, are likely to fall behind in school. This is the part of the pipeline that leads to their eventual dropout. 3,030,000 students drop out of high school annually. That 's 8,300 a day! 75% of US crime is committed by a high school drop out. The research correlates dropout to suspensions and expulsions. Students

When I was 14 my mom went back to school to further her education. She was also worried that her going back to school would affect me. If it wasn't for my grandparents my mom would have never finished school but with had work and determination she finished and has a better job and is able to support her family better.

Students should stay in school so they can learn more, because the longer they are able to stay in school the more information they will never forget. If students stay longer in school, then their minds can become more like sponges and soak up all the information. “Alexander, in fact, has done a very simple calculation to demonstrate what would happen if the children of Baltimore went to school year-round. “The answer is that poor kids and wealthy kids would, by the end of elementary school, be doing math and reading at almost the same

Should the school days start later yes or no? Well imagine that your kid will get more sleep than usually because they always don’t get enough sleep because of homework and afterschool activities so I think that we should push back school by a little bit or so. Some benefits are kids will stay awake in school instead of falling asleep in the middle of class and will be able to get more things done in school if they are more awake in class. Also if they are not so tired and will get all their work done in class they will probably have time to do some of their homework there so when they get home and have to go to a sport or somewhere they don’t have to worry so much because they already have most of it done.

In order to be successful in life students should be taught in high school topics concerning health care, personal finance, learning from failure, credit cards, relationships, finding a job, self defense, and many more, but these should be some of the top ones. Students should at least have an idea of how to do each and one of these topics. Some students don’t have that family support to teach them how to do any of these things, when other students may have all the support. During this time students should be motivated to move on and prepare for adult hood, instead they are brought down with information that will not be useful. For instance, history, yes its nice to know about American history, but when are we really going to put it to use? One reason would be if we were planning on having a career in history. School should be fun and interesting, where students can learn

Students dropping out of school is becoming more common than ever. However, on some occasions students dropout to support their family or themselves. “Researchers at the Urban Institute conducted studies showing that a third of the 563,000 dropouts left school to work.” Many high school dropouts made just enough money to have their families considered to be right above the poverty line. Too many young adults are withholding too much economic responsibility within their family.

As mentioned by most responses in your post, you are never too old to go to school. Just stick with it and you will be just fine. I came back to school late in life as well, but it no longer unusual to see people in their 40’s and 50’s to attend school. Also, if you didn’t get a chance to transfer your G.I. bill to your children or spouse, you shouldn’t let that go to waste, it’s a benefit that you earned and paid for. Coming back to school it’s challenging at first, but once you get your groove, it will be alright.

My three little sisters are complete brats, they are always coming into my room and messing around with all my stuff, I’m sick of them. The only time I get a break is at school, and even then I have to see Bella in the halls. My only was of dealing with them is to put my headphones in, close my eyes, and imagine a life without them, man my life would be perfect then… I’d be able to wake up in the morning and have breakfast without having to fight over the last waffle, I would be able to enjoy my breakfast. Going to school would be a nightmare because I wouldn’t have to escape from the chaos at home, I might actually hate school like a normal person. My friends would be able to come over without worrying about three monsters coming in and making

If students were allowed to drop out before the age of 18 they would not have a good job because they don’t have the needed education. Due to not having a good job they will be living in the streets. Students will also have less money than others. That being said they will not have food or shelter.

To counteract the discouraging data about grade retention, many school systems have instilled the policy of social promotion. The recent negativism surrounding the tradition of repeating a grade portends a return to social promotion. Social promotion, the antithesis of grade retention, is the automatic passing of a student on to the next grade at the end of the school year, despite his or her