He's got no interest in anything beyond tonight or this week. Doesn't plan ahead. Enjoys himself and takes life easy. He can't see the need to decide on a course of action. Uni or apprenticeship, he doesn't know what he fancies. But that's fine. He can change his mind if he decided on uni but then doesn't want to go. It's the here and now I'm
Struggling with. I could weep at his lack of motivation to study. He's never liked it but is very capable. He scraped 5s and 6s in GCSEs and whilst he's enjoying college , he isn't doing more than the bare minimum of work. No revision. No reading. Nothing. Just sits on his phone or wants to see his friends, some of whom are working in school leaver apprenticeships and not academically focused and with free evenings and weekends. I've just said to him I want him to have the best and told him i wish he could be more motivated. He rolled his eyes and grunted. Do I just let him find his own way? If he wasn't academically gifted I'd be more keen to find something else with him but I know he's capable and intelligent, just incredibly slack at studying. Can I do anything ? We are going to open days and I'm hoping student life will cheer him up but what if it doesn't ? He doesn't want to work his part time job so won't be keen on 9-5 as soon as he leaves college. It's so hard wanting the best life possible for them while wanting their happiness too. Hes not practical so a trade isn't for him either. (I've asked. He was horrified at the thought of learning something like that). Anyone had similar. Do I just need to back off? I'm really not pushy at all and tend to let him get on with it but feel he needs a steer now.