It wasn't exactly common when I was in school, but it was something we were all concerned about. They even had a special "transition" class between kindergarten and 1st grade for students who weren't quite ready for 1st grade. My youngest brother had to go to transition due to hearing problems he had when he was young (he had lots of trouble with his inner ears, including having to get tubes in them).Holding kids back a grade was common when I was in school
It wasn't exactly common when I was in school, but it was something we were all concerned about. They even had a special "transition" class between kindergarten and 1st grade for students who weren't quite ready for 1st grade. My youngest brother had to go to transition due to hearing problems he had when he was young (he had lots of trouble with his inner ears, including having to get tubes in them).
Personally, I don't know how much of it was hearing and how much of it was just that he had a terminal case of ants in his pants. It's funny watching his boys now, because they have that very same inability to sit still.
My wife has many stories of her and co-workers recommending that a kid be retained and repeat a grade where the parents whined about it enough to the principal that they let them move up. She's dealing with one kid now in 3rd grade who is in that boat and is currently reading at a kindergarten/1st grade level.Holding kids back a grade was common when I was in school; when did they stop doing that?
I know they did somewhere along the line, just not sure why.
I never finished kindergarten . . .I did pre school two years in a row.
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