The biggest con has to do with socialization, according to TeachHub, due to having different aged kids in classrooms, there may be socialization problems. Though it has been stated that older aged kids that are extremely behind are going to be put in a special class instead of a lower one, there still may be many age differences making some kids self esteem go down. For example, “ Kids that are eighteen and stuck in classrooms with fourteen year olds because of their abilities may feel not worthy and stupid “ (Hawke 1). It is mentioned in the TeachHub article, that there may be many age gaps so different aged kids may not work very well together due to maturity levels, etc. So, like I stated before, these cons can really affect the students, and could even affect their
The biggest con has to do with socialization, according to TeachHub, due to having different aged kids in classrooms, there may be socialization problems. Though it has been stated that older aged kids that are extremely behind are going to be put in a special class instead of a lower one, there still may be many age differences making some kids self esteem go down. For example, “ Kids that are eighteen and stuck in classrooms with fourteen year olds because of their abilities may feel not worthy and stupid “ (Hawke 1). It is mentioned in the TeachHub article, that there may be many age gaps so different aged kids may not work very well together due to maturity levels, etc. So, like I stated before, these cons can really affect the students, and could even affect their