It's a real shame that a compromise cannot be brokered.
We know one student, now a third classman and wearing a gold star for Academic Excellence, that was setback due to his Calculus. He came home, went to a community college and came back a much better and focused student doing his Plebe year over and now doing quite well in his current year.
However, our Plebe tell us, he knows of two setbacks that came in to his company this year and have already left. They did not come back prepared or equipped to get the job done. That confuses me.
Maybe a real "contract" could be entered in to with a prospective setback. Whereas, if they elect to come back and try again, they have some sort of payback to the academy if they fail again. May not work, but it might.