Do kids that are held back in elementary/middle become successes later in life?

Gran Torino, slow your tires. I'm just asking questions over here.

Alright because I had a pictured an old man in suspenders shaking a fist for a moment there.

My girlfriend's twin brother was held back in first grade and he played football and graduated from Harvard.

He's a douche, but it breaks your trend I guess.

I was held back in the second grade. I had a serious speech impediment and was so shy I would never ask questions so I didn't get laughed at . I refused to read out loud in class as well. Then I accidentally sipped some gas thinking it was sprite (long story) and my parents though I was a retard lol. I mean I would shut down at the sight of anything containing an s.


They transferred me to a school with a real speech therapy program the next year and by the time I was in forth grade I was back with my normal class and in alpha.


Kids are odd. its funny now bcause I have zero trace of a speech impediment now and one of my best friends in the same grade as I was who had a speech problem still stutters to this day.

The answer to this thread would be yes, kids change. I think that goes without saying. So what if your child gets held back? Just be supportive. You know, be a fricking parent.

I have nothing against stutters, my friend is pretty successful real estate guy and played college football. Im simply stating...mi e was literally debilitating. There were kids in my class I started 1st grade with that thought I was mute until the 3rd grade when I started to come out of my shell.


I was in NA for along time and what....the last weekend in in July 2014 being the secretary for my home group I had to go to all regional meetings and on that day I gave a 1 hour speaker meeting in front of shite I don't know 800 people or so it was a full basketball gym, didn't break stride once. I went from stutters to having the gift of the gab . The first thing I thought about afterwards was speech class in 1st grade.


IMHO rarely are their ignorant kids? Just kids that are different for some reason and need specialized attention. Some are dyslexic, some have add issues some have issues with attnority, etc

Also I have always had extremely bad eyes. I was squinting in first grade and could not see the chalk board from the front of the class so not only could I not talk I couldn't see but because i was shy id sit in tne back somi would just zone out in class. Glass's changed my life.


Just got to figure out what is keeping your child from doing their best. Glasses and the ability to speak without getting laughed at took me from resource to talented and gifted in a span of three years

Now I read all your posts in a stutter

Very cool.story bros from both of yall

Not being sarcastic. I never had those type of problems, but in school what I did have was ADD, and my parents refused to admit or even look into it. They just didnt want me to be a kid that was different I think. But hell I would think about everything else in the world instead of whatever the hell was in front of me in school. I am not as bad about it today. Should have been put on medicine in school it would have helped me to focus more, because I couldnt study. Long story short I became a construction worker mostly in the plants, and I hate every day of it, but it pays the bills...

Eta:I was held back in 6th grade