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As it has been stated earlier, you're not gonna get much sympathy here as you're dealing with a lot of smarter than average young people here who made it through school just fine. Sure I thought highschool was boring. I slept through AP chem/bio (stayed awake for bio because I found it interesting, but I never studied), didn't study for either exam and spiked 5's on both. I got a 30 on the ACT ([censored] 22 on the english section owned the 34 I had going otherwise). I maintained a good gpa in HS because I was motivated enough to do the work that I found easy as hell anyways

The fact that you're kid is watching MIT online classes doesn't mean anything if he doesn't understand them. I can watch Stephen Hawking do astrophysics all day, and I may find it interesting, but I certainly couldn't comprehend HOW to do it. It sounds like you're making excuses for your kids lack of motivation. Ask him if he'll be content doing oil changes for the rest of his life.