End of A level 1st year - poor grades - carry on??

[Jungfraujoch]

So DS started 3 A levels, flunked one of them and has now dropped it. The other 2 he got an E and U in the mocks - resitting the U tomorrow.

He wants to start another A level in September plus carry on with the current 2. He is adamant that he wants to do A levels and go to uni but clearly this won’t happen at this level! He admits he is lazy and tutors say he doesn’t apply himself in class.

We are soooo frustrated with him- do we just let him carry on and hope he pulls his finger out or just fail?!

chocolate - it’s BTEC. No “h”

So what would be, in his opinion, the longer term career plan after university? I would have thought that Media, as well as being full of ‘get up and go’ creative types, would be difficult to get into.

I’m from an era where it was expected that only a relatively few people would plan or expect to go to university and would go with a longer term aim in mind. I think that we are in danger of doing a disservice to a university education by assuming that half the population will go. It really isn’t for everyone

Media and film are boom industries. They are the biggest growing industries in the UK!

If it was me, I would not do anything. I think it never hurts to fail. Clearly you have a lad with huge potential. He's not thick. To get a job and worse...sustain a job, you need grit and effort. Staying on at college is just delaying the inevitable if he doesn't change his attitude. Personally, I'd let him go do what he wants. Make his own path and if he fails he will either wake up about it to change or he won't. Through failure you know what you need to do to succeed. And I tell my kids that. There is a safety net at home but that safety net stops at a certain point and I make it very clear. Its down to them to make it happen as they won't be taking a free ride at home post college.