Holding a child back is not the answerHow can holding a student in a longer-than-average class help? Wouldn't it just make them feel like they were slower than others? Which could make them become something they're not. Academic performance of children who are held back to advance to the next grades is poorer than that of their 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 failing to successfully complete their grade could cause many problems, like like: low self-esteem, obstacle in the child's development and the child could become a problem. Additionally, holding a child back for not successfully completing his or her school year could result in low self-esteem. The child may be targeted because he is not as intelligent as others. If a child was held back, other students would chase him or her slower than the others. The child would say that he or she was, like all children. If kids started calling them names like stupid, they would start thinking they were. Another child might blame this child who was held back because he was the same age as him but in a lower grade. This may cause the child to feel like no one is there for him. Make the child feel as if everyone has turned their back on him. As a result, the child would develop low self-esteem and feel as if he or she were an obstacle to others. The child's development could and most likely be hindered and it would feel like a humiliation. The child would fall behind everyone else. Work on previous years' work, resulting in them falling behind. The child might become very confused because they would get previous years' work...middle of paper...they would feel like they weren't good enough for all of us. In addition to thinking about the child's feelings, think about the decision first. If you decide to hold back a child for not successfully completing his school year, this would result in low self-esteem, hindrance and humiliation, no problem for the child. As a result, this child becomes a hindrance, acquires low self-esteem and becomes a problem child. Reach out and help these students who are struggling and being left behind. Help them better understand what is happening. Make these children feel like they are the future and are not an obstacle or a problem child. Help these children gain something they have lost, their self-esteem along with courage, pride and above all confidence. Works Cited "Repeating a Vow: The Pros and Cons." Great Schools. Np, 13 March 2014. Web. 12 March. 2014.