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Originally Posted by Major Major
I am 30 years old, so maybe older people can chime in. When I was in school, there wasn't a constant flux in my grade between people being held back year to year. You went with your grade group essentially regardless of performance, and that was 20 years ago. High School is a different story, but I believe that it largely still is. So was there a time that you went into your school year with the legitimate threat that you would not move on to the next grade with your peers?
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I'm in my mid-40s, and every year two or three kids in my grade were held back. They were typically kids who were screwed up in more ways than just academically - pretty much all boys who were aggressive and poorly socialized. So while I'm sure there was a correlation between being held back and poor social outcomes, I wonder which way the causation really worked.