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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not bitter. I was asked to share an update, so I did. Covering all the bills doesn't elevate anyone's life. He's not achieving any adult milestones, no girlfriend, no assets, there's no room for advancement at his current job.

More teens like my son should consider military service after high school. My husband and I just didn't know enough about it. It's not like 4 years of service automatically means frontline canon fodder, which is what we naively assumed.[/quote]

I'm sorry OP. I do think that your advice is on point for completely disinterested students.

As to your B average being in the  bottom 50%, are you talking about weighted average, meaning that a student took no advanced courses at all and is still barely getting Bs?  I know plenty of motivated students who get Bs and occasional Cs in AP and other advanced classes who turned out just fine and were very successful in college.[/quote]

I don't put much stock in AP grades. I know plenty of kids who earned As or Bs in AP courses but then just skipped the AP Exams or bombed them. The grades were fake just like the rest and the no or low AP Exam scores demonstrates they lack maturity, work ethic, and study skills.

Of course some average unmotivated students can still plow through some easy bachelor's at a degree mill, especially with how watered down most departments are in an effort to inflate college completion rates, ex. doing away with college algebra and chemistry requirements.

But most slackers, especially boys, still don't finish.[/quote]

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