DS(12) is in first year of secondary school and his Christmas exams start tomorrow. He has done some revision although nowhere near as much as I expected to be done. He is certain he has covered everything and I have offered to quiz him but he has declined. He also has an art project that he had 3 weeks to do that he faffed about with and decided to change and start again today. It is due in at “any point this week”. I’m not sure whether it counts towards his grade yet. I had his parent teacher meeting last week and all teachers were very pleased with him. He is on target for As and Bs. His art teacher said he has a great eye for detail and a creative imagination. The project he has made to hand in looks like something a 5 year old would produce in 10 minutes. I am seriously unimpressed. If this counts towards his grade he deserves a big fat F for effort. However, to produce something worthy of a good grade it will take far too much time that he needs for revision for the rest of his exams. What do I do? Should I let him hand in the crappy art and let the teacher bollock him over it? Or do I make him redo it and let his other subjects suffer?