he had to leave 6th form this time a year ago after absences. so he got on a college course which he intially seemed happy with. it is not every day. and in fact one of the days he has hours in the middle with free time but we live too far for him to come home, although I think he tried it once.
we have really been struggling to get him to go, we have had 2 letters about his attendance, most recent 67%. and when I managed to persuade him for us to attend parents evening they did look surprised to see him.
so the day with the big gap in it he doesn't go and in fact quite often he doesn't go at all. or he goes in late,
I feel I am only relying on letters to tell me about his attendance .
he also drinks too much. every night he is out.
he is 18 and I hear from other people that, oh he is 18 and you can't do anything about him now.
but I don't want to see him waste his life and am concerned about his drinking. he works in a pub which probably isn't the best deal.
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auforfoulkesake · 24/03/2013 09:41
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