Senioritis at Boarding School?

ChoatieMom
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:03:00 +0000

I would say threaten them with the military, but that obviously wouldn’t work for us.

My kid was so afraid of getting his appointment rescinded that he worked harder than ever that last term. Also, a discipline issue caused the school to move one of the miscreants into our son’s overly large double after Christmas under a sort of house arrest. ChoatieKid was petrified this kid would do something stupid that could implicate either him or his roommate and jeopardize his appointment. He begged for a transfer out and ended up living in the basement of the freshman dorm his final trimester. No senioritis for him, so no words of wisdom from me.

ETA: Now that I’m thinking about it, though, sending pictures of the family pet in a roasting pan might be sobering… You know, “Better shape up and end strong or Fluffy gets it.” Could work.