<p>My freshman S was never much for studying but is finding that won’t cut it now. I think he caught himself in time.</p>
<p>If hewas paying his own way, then he would have every right to keep his records private. Since we’re paying the bills mostly, I think we have the right to see how he’s doing academically and he agrees. If he messes up and has to go a fifth year, that’s a chunk of change I’d rather not spend.</p>
<p>We have access to his on-lin account so we can see what’s going on. I told him that, for the over the first year or two, if he is doing just fine, we’d be less inclined to check up on him. He’s OK with that.</p>
<p>Actually, if you claim your child as a dependent on your tax forms, then you can receive his grades without him signing off on it. You just have to ask the school.</p>
<p>Interesting note about the tax note. Never knew that was possible.</p>
<p>What I’m curious about is that colleges operate this way but an 18 year old senior in high school usually gets exempted from that (at least I did–my mom called in once to see what my current grades were when she was helping me with a college application). And my assistant principal had a degree in law so I would have thought that would have been followed. Perhaps high schools get exempted from this?</p>