Persuasive Essay On Redshirting

Academic theories have been debated for years on what’s ethical and unethical. One of the things that is still being debated is on redshirting. Redshirting is when a child has been held back a year from starting school so the child can reach the parents expectation of maturity. It has been debated on whether or not this gives you more success. Redshirting doesn’t give an individual more or less success in life, it doesn’t last more than the first few years of schooling, it pushes the children who weren’t redshirted to learn at levels for kids a year older than them, and the kids who were redshirted won’t be pushed hard enough in their schooling. Parents who redshirt their children want their child to be ahead in life, want their child to be well prepared and mature enough to be able to go to school. However, the redshirting advantage that might seem like it’ll last for years, doesn’t last forever. Kathryn deBros, a teacher with a masters in special education from Portland State University,

The ethical view being that kids who have ADHD for example, play better and connect better with kids younger than them. If some of them are not redshirted, the are missing social cues, and only focusing on minor, unnecessary details, and this takes away from their social interaction. But redshirting can slow the older kids down and bore them because they already understand the lessons and materials being taught in class. Along with not pushing older kids enough, it might be pushing younger kids too much, because they have to keep up with the expectations of the older kids, who are moving faster and onto more challenging materials and the younger ones might need additional help, so they are put into lower class and are seen as not as smart just because they are younger. Redshirting is widely known and done, but “if you’re all doing it, nobody’s getting ahead. [We’re] all falling behind” especially the younger children in