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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes!  Be happy he's still chugging along.  A lot of people would be dropping out.  What do they call the person with the lowest gpa who graduates?  A GRADUATE!  Someone like him with lower ambition really needs that degree, so keep supporting him.  And you know what?  He may end up much happier than someone who is completely driven.  Life is long; balance is good.[/quote]

Yes!  This exactly.  Having a college degree is still the filter for a huge number of jobs in this country, including the ones who don't need one to do the job.  I saw one the other day.  Data Entry Clerk.  Filter?  College degree.  Don't demand something of him that could hugely backfire.  He's passing his classes and has not dropped out.  There will be very few if any jobs that will ask to see his grades in earning his Bachelor's degree.  Most jobs will only care that he has one.

Just try to keep him motivated to cross the finish line with Cs.  As the other poster said, C's get degrees.  If later he decides he wants a graduate degree, he can talk to why his grades were lower then but he's now motivated to pursue a higher degree.[/quote]

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