I have no doubt your right and have only begun this process with my 7th grader. But what I took out of the OP was it wasn't necessarily what the student wanted but what the parent wanted. I've had co-workers calling high schools telling the school to make sure they find their kid so he could be told to go in for extra tutoring. My point is parents should be very involved in their children's education and future ,but sometimes, and I'm just saying this in general they become too involved.