For that matter, the teens I know who have been the most all-around successful, in the compliant and conventional way, are very self-motivated to be that way.

I would at least suggest keeping in mind the fact that teens are often resistant to being steered by their parents while writing this material.

Anyway, here’s a tip that may be helpful to a certain type of student and his/her family. I’ll post it on the website too. For the CSU and UC systems, a D in a required course counts as failing the course. However, a D (or an F) can be made up with a high enough score on an AP test in that subject (a 3 or higher) OR on an SAT subject test. There is language on both the CSU and UC websites specifying that.

We did need to deploy that option in my son’s case, and it did succeed. We had to work the phones with CSU admissions offices, and in two cases we were dealing with people in those offices who weren’t aware of it, but the language on their websites was clear.