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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the diversity of answers. I truly appreciate all of the different perspectives. I don’t think my son is a slacker, nor does he have an unlimited amount of gaming/screen time. Gaming is just what he seems most interested in these days, and I wish he would feel the passion for school, sports or some other type of extracurricular, but he just doesn’t. I do think part of the problem is that he probably isn’t challenged enough currently, and maybe he’ll step up to the plate once he’s in high school. I am intrigued by the more diverse choices of classes and clubs in public, but I don’t know if it would be too overwhelming for him after being in private. He used to be this highly interested learner and was always making cool inventions as a kid, and I feel like he’s lost that spark, which makes me sad. He knows exactly what he needs to do to coast by in his classes and he’s very bright so it’s easy for him to get away with doing very little. I do feel guilt sometimes that he’s taking the spot of a kid that’s more “deserving” but I hope we can reignite his passion for learning again. We have told him that he needs to be a more invested student or we may pull him out of this school, so we’ll see what happens.[/quote]

If gaming is his passion, why not lean into it?  What is it about gaming that he loves?  Is there anything about developing games and storylines that would spark his interest?  Can he channel some of what he finds interesting about gaming toward an academic subject?[/quote]

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