<p>French Mum,
I am Canadian and familiar with the prep schools here. Which one is he going to?<br>
I know that when the students are in grade 9 and 10 they are closely supervised in regards to homework but by junior year, it is up to the student to discipline themselves in their homework time. It is because they need to prepare for going away to university where no one will care what they are doing period.
What do you mean regarding sanctioning? I know some of the schools here will put you on academic probation if your grades drop and you can not participate in school sports until they come up but that is not all schools.
Math in junior and senior year in Canada is much harder than usual. Many kids who do very well up to that point often fall off in junior year. In my son’s math class in junior year, they started with 25 students in September (who had all received over 75% in the lower grade) and only 10 finished, the rest were put down to a lower level. Do you know which level of math he is in as there is great difference in difficulty in the various classes.
Previous poster is right that World of Warcraft is HIGHLY addictive and you may want to look into taking it away until he improves his grades but that is up to you, not the school. By 17 the school expects him to have some self discipline in regards to effort.</p>