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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS in 8th grade and I am worried about the same thing. He likes very smart nerdy boys whereas he is not as great a student as they are. He’s been able to keep up so far but for how long?
He is only allowed 2 H classes as a freshman. We agreed he would take honors bio but not honors math of his next level.
Honestly I think it is what it is. If he wants to be with his friends and is willing to work for it - I’ll be happy to support him in higher level classes. But if he doesn’t care much - there’s little I can do. I am tired of pushing him as it is. [/quote]

I don’t understand why friends need to be in the same class.   I doubt they’re drawn to each other by math.  [/quote]

Because they end up spending more time together if they are. They walk to the next class together if they are lucky, or talk before class, or doing their projects. 
Yes they can hang out after class but it’s always easier to arrange with people you see a lot at school. [/quote]

Shared classes is certainly one avenue to make friends and sometimes that’s the common interest. But kids who play a sport or are in the band for example spend a lot of hours together and often form tighter bonds than those who share classes for a lot of different reasons. There is no right answer just multiple opportunities to find a peer group. The ideal scenario is to have multiple friend groups.[/quote]

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