Essay On Social Promotion

Social Promotion, And It’s Effect on The Development of Education When a given child wants to learn, but no matter how hard they try they cannot overcome a concept, is it detrimental to their education or is it in fact beneficial? In many ways, teenagers can feel stuck regardless of if they are or not sometimes. Being held back is definitely not a step in the right direction, especially if the child is genuinely trying or has retained a lot of the information from a previous class. Social promotion is, sadly however, sometimes taken advantage of even if not without conscious intent to. A developing child cannot know how much farther they could have gotten if they were held back at an early age, whether it is their own fault or their guardians.
Overall, social promotion is a useful tool and should be used cautiously and sparingly. After all, if we socially promoted everybody we would be pretty ridiculous. In many ways, social promotion is viewed as a way out for a struggling teenager and can be taken advantage of, like many programs that are not much different.
However, it was created for a reason, a given situation, that does occur quite often in today’s schooling environment. It is easy to get left behind in a class, I know that much. But that doesn't mean that a whole year of a teenagers life should be disregarded. Social promotion can help a child a lot if they are doing it for the right reasons, and being that they still want to further their education. If a child is obviously uninterested in learning, and education then it is obvious that they shouldn't be socially promoted for any reason. There are reasons for social promotion, just as there are reasons for holding a child back. If a student has retained enough knowledge and information over the year to take and pass the final, or perhaps an altered in class exam, then why should they not be allowed to receive credit? Over the past century, how many years were taken from given teenagers being held back? I couldn't tell you, but I think at least some of them could have been socially promoted and had beneficial effects on their education with today’s available programs. If half of the available outlets of education were available 50 years ago, who knows what schools would be like
today. Almost certainly, social promotion when used correctly, can hasten the avenues of education for all those determined enough. Conversely however, if social promotion became too common and got out of hand it could be disastrous. You can't exactly recall a high school diploma. Therefore, it should be seriously considered and discussed among teachers and students as well as their family before allowing one to be socially promoted. It could be seen as a reason to fail on purpose, just to get through by means of social promotion for teens who have already given up on their education. That is why social promotion must be used only after careful consideration, if it is to be beneficial for the child. In conclusion, social promotion can be very useful for a teenager who is struggling but wants to further their education. With certain precautions and requirements, it could be a very useful option to consider if applicable. However, it is easy to be taken advantage of and that should be taken into consideration when discussing it. It is overall beneficial, as opposed to detrimental, to socially promote those who qualify if education is still of value to them and they are interested.