Ren Allen

Hi Tina,

I don't have time to really answer your post in depth, my family is
starting "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in a minute, but I did
want to put one thing out there...

She is 16 right?
Most states compulsory schooling laws are only to age 16, so I don't
think your ex can really do anything if she leaves school. Something
to look into anyway.

"Part of me wonders why
she is okay with failing and does nothing to try to succeed."

Take this with the humor it's intended; DUH.:)

School sucks if you don't want to be there. She's a smart girl to stop
doing something that is useless in her life. She's getting nothing out
of this experience other than having her spirit crushed from the way
it sounds.

Have you read "Real Lives" by Grace Llewellyn? Has SHE read it?

I'll try to post more later.

Ren