My son is struggling academically in his Freshman Year....

LineInTheSand said:
It's because they're babied. 100 years ago 18 year olds were more involved than the 25 year olds of today.

I'm digusted that a 25 year old can run for Congress AND be on his/her parents' insurance.
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Well people go through stages later as they live longer too. In my grandmother's time people would marry and have babies at 14-16. Not nowadays....
 
TampaDad said:
Surely there must be a mechanism in place to deal with these types of situations. There is no way your son is the first to encounter these issues.

As for the warnings, believe me, we are heading them all. DS will have had chemistry and college calculus before attending so hopefully it will give him at least a small foundation to work from. He is not at the top of his class, so getting a poor grade will not rock his world like some folks who have never gotten a B, ever. Although he has friends like that. One in particular got her first B+ (ever) as a quarter grade this year. She lost her mind. Completely inconsolable for days. My son's take on the whole thing was "No big deal. Figure out what you did wrong, learn from it, and move on." Somehow that helped her more than her parents trying to convince her that she could still get into Harvard/Yale/Brown or whatever Ivy Legaue school she plans on attending.
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My son got an occasional "B" and he had Calculus and Chemistry. He still struggled, but not all students struggle. However, I heard there were 50 Freshman that had to take a course over again last summer.....
 
LineInTheSand said:
You can NOW be on your parents' health insurance until you're 26…. and you can run for the U.S. House of Representatives at 25….
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BTW: Are you still in Mensa? They wanted me to join that at 16 but I didn't want to stand around a lot of what I thought to be stuffy adults and talk about puzzles and such when I was a teenager. I hate Rubics Cubes and puzzles and such anyway. They frustrate me and I lose patience easily with them.
 
Wonderfulmom said:
BTW: Are you still in Mensa? They wanted me to join that at 16 but I didn't want to stand around a lot of what I thought to be stuffy adults and talk about puzzles and such when I was a teenager. I hate Rubics Cubes and puzzles and such anyway. They frustrate me and I lose patience easily with them.
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Haha, yes but I haven't done anything with them yet. I did join a special interest group (SIG). I've emailed in that group.
 
LineInTheSand said:
Haha, yes but I haven't done anything with them yet. I did join a special interest group (SIG). I've emailed in that group.
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My aunt was in Mensa. She liked to disrespectfully tell everyone that her IQ was 148 so she could be in Mensa, but her husband's was only 138 so he couldn't join. She was something else....
 
Wonderfulmom said:
BTW: Are you still in Mensa? They wanted me to join that at 16 but I didn't want to stand around a lot of what I thought to be stuffy adults and talk about puzzles and such when I was a teenager. I hate Rubics Cubes and puzzles and such anyway. They frustrate me and I lose patience easily with them.
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Ha! You sound just like me. ツ

Regarding people growing up on their own timetable, you are exactly right. LITS is right too though. Lots of parents shelter their kids from failure or tough times out of love. Unfortunately it sometimes slows down their development. My DS is as immature as you would expect a 17 year old knucklehead to be, but he is surprisingly self sufficient. He stays with a friend's family in Connecticut for a month each summer. All I hear from the family is how he is up early doing chores without any prompting, he cleans the boats without being asked, does most of the cooking, etc. At home? He can't even pick up his socks and must have lost his car keys half a dozen times. My thought is that if he gets accepted into the Academy, he will either excel at unbelievable levels or will be a spectacular failure. I'd give just about even odds either way.
 
Line in the Sand thanks for sharing your story. It gives me hope. TampaDad, I hope your son excels spectacularly.
 
I have no idea on how USCGA works, so I will defer to LITS, but I know at USNA even on probation I probably could of worked with the company on attending a ceremony of that level. It might not be what it would of been if he wasn't, but making up the classes missed, a plan of action and even same day flights if possible might work. Its worth at least an ask.
 
NavyHoops said:
I have no idea on how USCGA works, so I will defer to LITS, but I know at USNA even on probation I probably could of worked with the company on attending a ceremony of that level. It might not be what it would of been if he wasn't, but making up the classes missed, a plan of action and even same day flights if possible might work. Its worth at least an ask.
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He said he met with his academic adviser, so I guess they must have said "no."
 
Ya know, it's a pretty big deal...he should be able to attend! My heart goes out to both DS and hubster!
 
TampaDad said:
Ha! You sound just like me. ツ

Regarding people growing up on their own timetable, you are exactly right. LITS is right too though. Lots of parents shelter their kids from failure or tough times out of love. Unfortunately it sometimes slows down their development. My DS is as immature as you would expect a 17 year old knucklehead to be, but he is surprisingly self sufficient. He stays with a friend's family in Connecticut for a month each summer. All I hear from the family is how he is up early doing chores without any prompting, he cleans the boats without being asked, does most of the cooking, etc. At home? He can't even pick up his socks and must have lost his car keys half a dozen times. My thought is that if he gets accepted into the Academy, he will either excel at unbelievable levels or will be a spectacular failure. I'd give just about even odds either way.
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TampaDad, your DS sounds like my DS....always out and about making the best of life. Hopefully, both will excel! Remember, failure is not an option!
 
SueRI said:
Ya know, it's a pretty big deal...he should be able to attend! My heart goes out to both DS and hubster!
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If he's on the edge academically, that's their number one concern.

Once you're on academic probation (as I experienced) you're far more restricted.
 
LITS...yup, you're right. He needs to take care of business and get his name off of that list. His dad understands that.
 
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