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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the class required to graduate from high school?

If not - - the college will decide. It is out of your hands. It is not on your plate. The college may rescind admission/or they may not.

This is the time to disengage

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Wow -- this does not strike me as the time to disengage.  This strikes me as a high-stakes teachable moment wrt to problem-solving skills.  Talk your kid through it.  First -- how not to fail.  Secondly, how to do damage control if you do fail.  What options are available once it's pretty clear that you will fail but will also graduate?  Talk to the college about alternatives to outright rescinding the offer -- e.g. remedial work (over the summer or in the fall) and/or academic probation or deferred admission with strict conditions that need to be met to claim the spot a year later.  And/or figure out if another college would be willing to let you enroll this coming fall and whether that's preferable to another round of applications next year.  If not, what has to happen in the gap year to make you a more rather than a less attractive candidate than you were this year?

"Shit happens" or "you screwed up, now you must pay the price, whatever it is" don't strike me as good lessons here.  How to recover (and to limit the damage done) when you eff up are important life skills.  And HS graduation doesn't mean your parenting job is over.  [/quote]

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