Will there be Spring Break visitation or won't there??????? Will the kid survive the wrath of Mom?
So,our Son (my SS) is on the glide path to HS graduation. It is touch and go as to whether he will graduate or not. His grades are good but the 10,000 pound elephant in the room is his Sr project. He turned in the research component of the assignement and passed. The whole project is P/F and is not assigned a grade.
He has three more components of the project to complete. He has to create a product (in his case a pamphlet on Fetal Smoking Syndrome), a 20 Minute presentation to present the product and discuss his motivation for choosing the project and what he lerned during the process(delivered in front of a packed school auditorium in an suit and tie), and a comprehensive portfolio on the work he did and the steps he took to complete the project (research notes, rough drafts, etc....).
After the thoroughly unpleaseant poking, proding and giving of advice during the research paper phase of the project his mom and I decided to let him sink or swin on the rest of the project based on the quality of his own efforts. We told him that if asked we will provide guidance but we will not ask for status.
If he does not pass the three sections that are due on the 31st he will not be getting on a plane for Spring Break SpermClan visitation and will spend his break reworking the project for resubmittal after school recommences.
So far he has spent 3+ weeks creating an informational pamphlet that IMHO represents about 4hrs of actual work. He has 7 days to finish the rest of the project.
The forecast of his May graduation is looking pretty dismal.
What he does not realize is that if he follows flunking out of Military School last semester with not graduation this semester I will not be able to protect him from his mother.
She is gonna kill him.
Please send either ideas on how to dispose of an infuriating teen or any suggestions on what I can do to save him from my wife as you see fit.
His survival is in your hands! 
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I have been there where he
I have been there where he is.
My money is on the kid. He will probably spend the two days before it's due downing monster and walking around like a zombie because he will all of a sudden haul ass once he realizes he won't graduate.
I was a "last minute kid" my whole last year of HS, and I passed by the hair on my chinny chin chin.
I think he will git er done. Just probably at the expense of a few nights of sleep and a lot of money spent at Starbucks.
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Rome wasn't built in a day, and my marriage won't be either.
I'm with The Wife. I'll
I'm with The Wife. I'll place odds on the kid. I simply can not function without a looming deadline. I was an A student, got academic scholarships and sailed through college and grad school. Onlookers would think I put in very little effort, but the truth is, I put in all the effort at the 11th hour. I do the same thing for work. I work like crazy for 2 days before a deadline even though I had 2 weeks to complete something. I simply have no motivation to do anything earlier. That isn't to say that I don't "work in my head". I plan out strategies, layouts, compose formulas, etc. in my head for days before I ever actually start "working" on something.
"A pessimist complains about the wind, an optimist counts on the wind changing, a realist adjusts his sails"
Ha! Rags… reading that
Ha!
Rags… reading that brought back SO many memories for me! Mainly my mother jacking me up by my shirt collar every other day my senior year reminding me what she was going to do to me (and how much pleasure there would be in the undertaking!) if I didn’t keep my nose clean and focused on the goal! (I had to take 3 math courses my senior year just to graduate… it was touch and go for a while!) Reading
“She is gonna kill him.”
Sent more than one chill down this spine I won’t mind telling you!
Maybe you should gently but firmly remind the boy of this fact… and if and when the fallout happens, my only advice is get the hell out of the path of the hurricane! My stepfather(angel!) mastered the art of standing aside with a concerned (aka: Don’t look to me for help on this one ya idgit!) look on his face. Good luck with this one Rags… and keep your head down!
Maybe just maybe is this a
Maybe just maybe is this a self sabatoging technique to avoid a trip to see his beloved other family??
Sucks watching our kids learn consequences thru their behavior. Ugh. I feel your pain... mostly that of your wife.
"For every ailment under the sun....There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it." ~ W.W. Bartley