“State’s that retention, fail to solve child’s academic problems and even create new ones (Kingsbury).” When schools hold back a child, retention, they think that it will help them in the long run but in reality, it hurts them academically, socially and mentally. The quote does a good job, wording it. Did you know that when a child is retention they are 60% more likely to to drop out of school, all together. They feel stupid, they don’t want to talk to the students around them, they feel like teachers and school altogether has betrayed them, and their feelings reflects academically also. That’s why students shouldn’t be held back, they are more likely to drop out, their social and mental health is damaged and they have a significantly hard
