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I don't think you should take away his passion, OP, your poor kid clearly needs it to feel himself. But you do need to re-explain, in the most serious terms, what the F means, why it should never happen again, and what tutoring he's going to get to make sure it doesn't happen again. Yes, an F is a big Fing deal. But no need to panic, because it's already happened. You're in recovery mode now.

In some ways, if you let the F happen, the failure is a family failure more than an individual failure. These days parents who understand the college admissions game keep an eye on their kids' grades and intervene when they start dipping past the kid's usual average. College admissions are not forgiving for this generation of kids.

My kid has dyscalculia, a specific disability in math, and he dropped temporarily to a D. But that was in AP Calc BC in senior year, not Alg 2, where he got straight As. We helped him all we could with reminders to get all his work in, as well as paying for tutoring.

I don't know where your kid could apply with an F, but if you're in agonies, you can call the admissions office, anonymously, and just ask. They're going to answer honestly, and they're used to dealing with worried parents. Or even better, you make your kid call and ask - it will make him understand that this is real, and it's HIS future, not yours.

But I do know that from now on he has to really work hard at all these courses he doesn't like. Get him tutors and make him sit down and do the work before he can address his favorite activity.

Has he visited colleges yet? Sometimes that's what it takes for kids to grasp they're leaving home soon and have to get it together.

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