It is a very fine line to walk between giving him autonomy and setting him up for success. I appreciate your gentle suggestion 
I will say tho, if you set up a meeting with a student and then the person doesn’t show and you say hey what’s up and then they pass you to another person and then that person doesn’t show and then a 3rd person reaches out to you and says when can you meet with me and you give them times and then they don’t respond, that’s kind of dropping the ball. And my son had receipts of the communication so it’ snot just he said she said. It was disappointing to see it with my own eyes. Yes, he could have gone to the tutoring for pre-calc, but this is where he said maybe I’m just lazy. But if you know failing will keep you from coming back next semester, why would you not try? This is where “The Myth of Laziness” and output failure comes into play. I honestly think that he has a deficiency that keeps him from trying when he knows it’s likely he will fail. This is the barrier that needs examining.
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