Desperate Mother of Senior Boy
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Desperate Mother of Senior Boy
| Mon, 05-21-2007 - 2:28am |
My son is a high school senior and has just stopped working. He is in danger of not graduating and has been warned by the head of school and his counselor. He has already been accepted into college, but I think he just doesn't believe that not graduating is a real possibility. He doesn't want to hear anything I have to say and tells me to just "trust him" but I can't help but be beside myself worrying...which is why I'm up at 2:30 in the morning typing this. Any words of wisdom? Any alternatives if he *doesn't* graduate?

Sorry to hear about that......your situation could be ours in a few years as our son is doing the same thing, but in the 10'th grade.
Thanks for your message. I've been in touch with his teachers, and I know what he needs to do...which he says he is doing, but I've heard that before.
The really frustrating thing is that he is so smart, and all his teachers say that he is perfectly capable of doing "A" work with no problem. He just doesn't seem to have motivation or interest to do it, even with the end so clearly in sight.
I have talked to him about taking a year off and working or doing a gap year program, but neither of those options is a possibility if he doesn' even graduate.
The thing is, he is a good kid....doesn't drink or do drugs, has some nice friends....it's that school is a huge problem for him right now and he won't (or can't) tell me why.
Tracy
I would trust him
What the teachers told me about DS2 was that he knew how to play the system. By senior year they are well aware what needs to be turned in and what will be overlooked, how many days an assignment can be late, and what they can redo or not redo. I always freaked at the grades that came at midterm and he always pulled it up(not because I freaked out, mind you)
Worst case scenario would be summer school, I imagine. And only classes required for graduation(not college acceptance)would apply-English, for example.If he blows off math and your school only required 3 yrs, he is fine(and, trust me, he knows this)
I was told, because I too had to ask, that only top tier colleges will reject an acceptance based on GPA senior year. Now, he would have to graduate-but again,be sure you are sorting out minimal grad requirements vs what he is likely taking
Hang in there
Tracy