Pros And Cons Of Redshirting

Examining the privileged in Redshirting Education is important because it is the road that children follow in order to reach their full potential in life. Outliers, a story by Malcolm Gladwell, talks about how academic redshirting can help someone´s child. In this book he explains the pros and cons of redshirting and says that it can even affect whether your child goes to college or not. When he talks about redshirting, he uses a real world example about hockey players. All the players in the Canadian Hockey League had birthdays on the first four months of the year because the cut off age is January 1st, for participating in sports. A child that turns eleven on January fifth versus a child that turns eleven on August fifth have distinct physical characteristics and abilities. Malcolm´s idea was that this policy puts the two kids in different paths because the older they are, the more physically developed they are, experienced, and have more resources. Society is doing the same thing to their children, like the story about the hockey players but with education. Children should be held back in kindergarten because they will be more mature, are more socially and …show more content…
Pamela Paul explains to another person that ¨staying in preschool a year longer will probably never hurt and will probably always help especially with social and emotional development¨ (Qtd. in Paul). If someone is older they are more likely to speak up if they have a question about something or are confused, this is a part of someone's social development. As students get to higher levels of schooling, social and emotional skills become very important. It can help students in managing stress, planning out things to get done in time, and problem solving. Finally, redshirting should be an option in