My son did the bare minimum for his GCSEs also but scraped through to get enough to do A levels. Trying to get him to revise was like starting world war III but I persevered.
I have laid off a bit since he started sixth form college in September and as a consequence he never opens his bag. He has done very little homework at home and says he is doing it a college.
He started off doing 4 A levels,Eng lang & lit, sociology,media studies and law.
He dropped media studies after a month and then dropped law as it was too difficult. He is now doing BTEC law instead so compared to others he is not overburdened with work.
It was parents evening last night and his teachers said he is very bright but coasts along which is the same old story we have had over the years.
His sociology teacher said he won't get anywhere (university or employment) with 2 Ds (or even Es) as there will be more competition than ever next year so he really needs to get a work ethic.
I was absolutely fuming when I got home after work this evening and asked him what he was going to do when he failed his A levels. He just told me to stop hassling him and that he was working.
I don't feel like giving him any pocket money any more until I see proof that he is at least doing some college work even if just Monday - Thursday.
And then he's asking about festivals - I can' see me funding this with him doing extremely little at college.
I know teenage boys are very lazy but it drives me mental - am I being unfair to stop the pocket money?
I have warned him that our financial obligations to him will end next June when he is 18 and he had better prepare himself.