<p>I failed my first semester of college and had brought my gpa up to a 3.7 by the end of sophomore year. My first semester was one half lack of preparedness and one half slacking off. I wasn’t a partier, and was living at home for that matter, but I just didn’t realize how much more work would be required than in high school until I bombed that first semester.</p>
<p>My parents didn’t need to punish me or threaten to take me out of school. It was established that they were seriously annoyed with me and I took it from there. Every kid is different, though, you’re the only one who can know how best to handle the situation now. He can pull up his grades if he really wants to, but only if he really wants to.</p>