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[quote]I'm not naive so I can't say for certain he isn't smoking pot, but as far as I know he isn't. I haven't found any in the house or caught any pot smell on it, but it's possible he has when he spends the night out with his friends. He's in AP and Honors courses,[b] typically gets A's and B's with the occasional C. He refuses to do homework but still manages to keep his grades at A's & B's just by doing well on tests which drives me insane. His father and I keep insisting that the competition is tougher than he thinks [/b]and even with grades that he feels are "phenomenal" he may have a tough time getting into even UVA or UMD. I almost think he is oppositional, anything I say to him he feels the need to challenge, debate, oppose, it's so tiring I cry some nights after asking him the simplest request. [/quote]

Maybe he needs more of a challenge?  Has he chosen the classes/sports himself, or did you?  For me, I kind of skated by the first two years of HS (with my parents warning me it couldn't last) but then decided that I wanted to volunteer on a political campaign.  My parents didn't suggest this, I just came up with it on my own.  I became super-involved, and the organizational skills I learned led me to focus in other parts of my life, too- I really bore down at school, mostly so I could spend more time on the campaign.  If he has some other interests he hasn't pursued, maybe you could subtly encourage him to do so?[/quote]

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