Social Promotion Pros And Cons

The next matter social promotion deteriorates is mental health. This practice also affects minorities. The pros of social promotions are that it promotes self esteem and eliminates labels. People want to focus more on a student’s well-being and psychological needs, since society today mainly focuses on self esteem. By helping students increase their self esteem, it can help them become more confident. Even if they are struggling, promoting students can help them feel good about themselves and feel equal to their peers. If a student is held back, they are likely to feel ashamed and embarrassed-- especially if their friends are promoted-- causing their self esteem to decrease. Not only is their self esteem affected, but labels also ruin their

The students also wouldn’t be proficient in certain subjects, but because of promotions policies, they would advance anyway. The biggest problem with social promotion is minority. “Students retained in a grade are more likely than other students to be small in stature or younger in the grade, to be from lower socioeconomic status or minority backgrounds, to have parents with lower educational attainment, to be boys rather than girls, and to have moved or been absent frequently.” (Social Promotion- In Comparison, 2001). A third of all students were retained at least once before high school. The categories mentioned have also been called the low achievers. “...The result of both [social promotion and grade retention] are unacceptably high dropout rates, especially for poor and minority students…” (Social Promotion, 2004). This proves minority not only affects grade retention, but also social promotion, More so, it affects social promotion because schools want to eliminate