Holding Back A Child Is Not The Answer
How could holding back a student in a grade longer than average help them? Would not it just make them feel as if they were slower than others? Which could make them develop into something they're not.Academic Achievement of kids who are retained for advancing to the next grades poorer that, that of peers who are promoted. ( http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/health/659-repeating-a-grade.gs?page=all ) Deciding to hold back a student for not successfully completing their grade could result in many problems, such as : low self - esteem, hinderance in the child's development, and the child could become an issue.
In addition to holding back a child for not successfully completing their grade could result in low self - esteem. The child might be picked on for not being as smart as others. If a child was held back other students would pursue them as slower than others. The child would as of the children say him or she was. If children begin to call them names such as dumb they child would began to think they were so. Another child could pick on this child that was held back for being the same age as them but in a lower grade. This could result in the child feeling as if no one was there for them. Making the child feel as if everyone has turned their backs on he or she. As a result the child would develop low self - esteem as well as feeling as if they were a hinderance to others.
The child's development could and most likely be hindered and they would feel like an humiliation. The child would fall behind everyone else. Working on the previous years work, resulting in them falling behind. The child could become very confused because they would get the previous years work ...
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...d feel as if they weren't good enough for everyone us. In addition to thinking about the child's feelings think about the decision first.
If deciding to hold back a child for not successfully completing their grade, it would result in low self - esteem, hinderance and humiliation, nada problem child. As a result of this child becoming a hinderance, gaining low self - esteem, and becoming a problem child. Reach out out and help these students that are struggling and are being left behind. Help them to understand what's happening better. Make these children feel as if they are the future, and they are not a hinderance nor a problem child. Help these children to gain something they lost, their self - esteem along with courage, pride, and mainly confidence.
Works Cited
"Repeating a Grade: The Pros and Cons." GreatSchools. N.p., 13 Mar. 2014. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.
According to Gatto, "School are meant to tag the unfit-with poor grades, remedial placement, and other punishments" (37). As an example, schools let students who had poor grades throughout the year to pass the grade only by going to summer school. I have a friend whose dreams were shattered thanks to the system we have now. Andrea 's eleventh-grade year was very difficult for her because her mother died at the beginning of the school year. She struggled with depression, and after being in honor classes for the past three years, she started to struggle with her classes. When she reached twelfth grade because of her low performance in her junior year, she was put in medium level classes. She felt discouraged and she did only what she needed to do to graduate. One of the consequences was that she lost her opportunity to get a scholarship to a university that she always dreamed of going to. I want to ask the school board and teachers, why wait so long to bring attention to a student 's bad grades instead of warning your students at the start of their failing grades? The school system should focus on students like Andrea to provide counseling support to help them cope with their personal problems. Teachers should be working with the parents and those specific students to give them a wake-up call to help them get back on track as soon as
Meaning that when children grow up with praise such as “oh you must have been so smart to get an A on that test”, instead of “you must have worked really hard on that lesson”, children could take the praise to their intelligence the wrong way and think that since they are “smart” instead of their effort on a task which will cause them problems in the future and they might want to give up and quit. I have seen this first hand and this has actually happened to me before, so I know from experience that this could have a negative effect impact on a student not just students in elementary school but also adults who are going to college or young adults who are looking for a job. In contrast, some students love to get that kind of compliment but they would always end up expecting that so when I work with children I will be complimenting them on the effort they put into everything that they do. From now on, I will be praising children on their effort and not on their
The parenting decisions are always easier to make if you can see the outcome before. It real life that is not possible and you just have to trust yourself and your child when making decisions. We would not change any of our decisions, because we believe in learning from our mistakes.
can potentially hinder their growth as an individual. If they are constantly hearing the negative
Before we can look at how grading affects learning Farber suggests we look at how it has affected students (333-334). The greatest effect of being graded happens to the individual. Farber asks, “Did you need grades to learn how to drive?” We have become “grade junkies.” Without the grades students can’t learn (333). Vogel agrees that students believe grades are the motivating factor in learning, but only for the money. Students want the grades because high GPA’s equal high paying jobs (338-339). Another negative effect of grades is that students want the best grade with the least amount of learning but this causes conflict with professors because the professor’s goal is different compared to the student’s (339). Grades have positive effects too. Farber believes that grades give us discipline, but not self-discipline. True self-discipline comes from wanting something not coercion (334). Farber defines self-discipline as revising one paragraph all night because one enjoys it (334.)
...e actually interested in, they could begin to view the school day as an obstacle to just push through. They could have a negative opinion of the information they are learning and be more resistant to it. Overall, if schools catered more to the individual needs and interests of each student, thereby promoting individuality, students would have more interest in their education and would benefit more from it.
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and the parent does nothing to help the child, the child will grow up thinking that failing is alright and that
Schools are in great need of systems, processes, and personnel who are able to support the needs of students with problem behavior. Research indicates, however, that (while I am a big, fat cheater) information has not been made available to teachers and other professionals in a format that allows these strategies to become common practice. Many teachers choose isolated behavioral strategies that are not applied immediately after the problem behavior has occurred.
child’s ability to learn are used more at the expense of others. Unfortunately, despite the benefits
An example can be if Timmy decides he wants to go to a party on Friday. His parents tell him he has to be back by 9:00 pm. He gets angry and decides to come back home at 11:00 pm. When he gets home his parents punish him by beating him with a stick. They do not explain to him why they are hitting him or they do not take the time to ask why he has arrived home late. As a result to this form of discipline the children usually react quickly and do not make an attempt to negotiate with their parents in fear that they will receive more discipline. The outcome of this type of parenting style is that the child usually becomes unfriendly, anxious, distrusted, and withdrawn. Most of them also have a low self-esteem. A positive outcome is that the child becomes academically successful beca...
Hindering a student’s performance with a bad grade in the middle of the year can make them give up for the rest of the year. Once a student has received a bad grade they might lose faith in their academic ability. By giving up a student does not reflect their academic ability and their bad grades are not based on what they learned.
They receive poor grades in school and they become bullies. These children become dependent and they have a very poor relationship with their parents because they are scared of them. Works Cited • "Authoritative Parenting" - "The Authoritative Parenting" 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. The Iloveindia website.
What I mean by this is, if you give a child curriculum that is at a level he or she has not yet reached, it will be very difficult for them to succeed even if they are assisted. An example of this with physical development is if you want a child to paint a picture with a paint brush of "what they see in the sky." However, if this child has yet to master his fine motor skills with holding and pinching things, this would be very difficult for them to accomplish. Rather, if you ask this same child to please paint a picture of "what you see in the sky" but via finger painting then this child will have a better chance at succeeded then building on his skills to eventually reach using a paint brush. On the social development spectrum, you may see this with the group and solo activities. If a child is only on the solitary play level, then requiring them to work on a project or in a big group may bring about challenges. Since this child has yet to really develop socially in a large group, he or she may be too shy and timid to really show his full potential in the group setting. Since all development builds on prior skills and levels of development, it is essential that when selecting curricula to make sure that it is at the right level and either accomplishable by the child alone or with the use of