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Goal-line,
No he's not smarter than he looks. I have teachers in my family and they are the first to tell you that for some kids the right answer is to hold them back, not all holdbacks are dropouts, some of those holdbacks thrive and become leaders because of the extra year. And drop the tax dollar excuse, your going to be paying taxes the rest of your life whether its for holdback kids or not. Do you really think that if that one child doesnt hold back your taxes are going to less. I do agree that if it's an advanced child with no maturity issues and they are already advanced they have no business holding back. However, that shy introveted child that is behind academically but NOT failing, no self esteem, average athlete that struggles, no incentive from home, why is it wrong to hold this child back to try to help him. That's what's the school system is supposed to do. We can push these unmotivated kids through school and most of them end up drowing a check for the rest of their life because they have never been motivated. Holding back is not for all children but for you to say that if a child holds back they shouldn't be allowed to play sports is ridiculous, sports is not always about winning and losing and being bigger than everyone else, it's about giving that child a chance to succeed at something and sometimes that something does not have to be academics. I can't speak for all counties but in Letcher County the rate of drop outs that are holdbacks is not very high, our holdbacks tend to excell when they move on to the high school level. This my last post on this issue and hope that it will be closed soon because ultimately it's none of our business.

I may just have an extremley close relationship with a teacher as well. And I will take there word on it. Just so you know they are pretty bright.


sports king my problem is not holding a kid back it's all the lame excuses parents they use cry around why they do it .they don't hold water i have proven every one of their little points wrong. If they do it for sports then so be it.quit being ashamed and admit it. i certianly would.