Jayne, that was beautifully expressed. I'm so glad there are moms like you that are aware of what the kids today face and parent accordingly.
I just don't th ink grades mean one single thing to him.
There is a good chance you are right. That was my exact thinking in high school and I didn't come to that conclusion over night. It was an attitude that culminated over many years.
Perhaps he didn't care about grades when he was getting good grades. Perhaps he was just going along and the grades pretty much followed him doing the minimum effort required.
Perhaps he says he doesn't care about grades because he has never had to "work" for good grades and at this point, he may not know how to get started.
Perhaps he is really saying, I don't know how to get good grades now=I can't get them=So I don't care.
Just some thoughts............. ((shrug))
