He'll come around. I can sympathize a little here, but I've also been blessed with good grades. For that, I'm thankful. Mobow, honestly, if you get upset with him, and give him a good butt chewin', and revoke some privelages, he's probably not going to respond very well. Make him support his self with gas, insurance, food, car payment, etc. and see how that turns out. I have honestly never thought about dropping out because of I've seen what the rest of the people's lifes are like 20 years later. For example, my dad, who I rarely ever get to talk to now. It will DEFINATELY make the rest of his life harder. In today's society, it's really hard to make "good" money if you didn't go to school. Some people get really lucky and find awesome jobs with just a High School diploma, but they are becomming a rarity. Hope this helps, not that you are going to listen to another 16 yr old though...