College freshman burnt out - is this normal?

cptofthehouse
Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:31:11 +0000

My college son was burned out in high school. We seriously considered a gap year because he was just not interested in going to school, doing academic work. We looked at a lot of very different colleges and programs, and he slowly got some interest back but ended up picking a block schedule college which has worked well for him.

Yes, I can see someone burning out in interest of doing academics. As the work gets more difficult and demanding, if you really don’t like it, it gets harder to force ones self to do it. Some kids have found changing courses of study to something completely different helps. A friend of mine’s son was just so done with school but taking business courses got him going again. Or a leave of absence can help.