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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this was me at this point last year. Came from public, fall sport and the adjustment was a lot. But more than that, my son worked so hard in middle school that my husband and I felt like we would make the financial leap (not at all easy for us either) and let him attend. Not only did he not focus, but he seemed to think "its only freshman year, it will be fine" etc. Lots of times when work and studying piled up and he barely got it done. There was far more work than he had in middle school, but I expected him to be ready for that and to work hard enough for the A's. He ended the year with mostly B+'s. No C's which became the goal in a couple of classes. Not what I was expecting at all.

We considered pulling him too and in frustration freshman year did bring up the financial aspect and the expectations we had, and that he needed to work to meet them if we were going to pay for school. Fundamentally I think this is correct but we did realize that we had to not put that on our son.

This year is off to a significantly different start. He is working much harder and very quickly realized which classes would be his hardest, and talked to the teachers about meeting for extra review time. This took 3/4 of the year last year and was mostly done at my insistence. I do also think boys can take longer to adjust. But I feel you...its a lot. I agree with others that you should hang in there and try and hep him stay above water. If grades get/stay bad enough to really hurt him around mid term take a second look then since you could probably pivot to public if you truly needed to salvage the year.[/quote]

I have no doubt that the kid's grades would be better in his local public and that ultimately is the point. Why pay tens of thousands of dollars every year for them to handicap their college admission prospects?

I don't quite understand the reticence in bringing up the financial aspect. If the parents are having to cut back to pay for private school, it's only fair that they expect the kid to put in the effort.[/quote]

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