Originally Posted by ABQMom
Perhaps you've answered your question - this isn't his passion. Perhaps a better goal forward would be to help him find his passion and then teach him those very valuable lessons when they are applied to something he likes. Otherwise, that isn't the lesson he's going to learn. He's going to learn to NEVER agree to try something new, because if you hate it, you're stuck anyway. He will become less adventurous, less willing to explore new options for fear of the misery that will follow if he finds out he doesn't like it.

That's very helpful, thank you. I'm still resistant to the idea of letting him quit, but this resonates with me. I'm not going to make any decisions on this until he's been back at school for a week.