<p>Is it inappropriate to ask here whether your S is one of the spoiled or rich or white kids to whom he is objecting at the school he attends? Does he fit in any of these categories or is he a fish out of water? If the latter, then it would be no surprise that he might be seeking an exit strategy from what he might find to be an unfamiliar and frightening "peer" group.</p>
<p>If it was your assumption that he would feel at home where he is attending, my read on the situation is that something is eating at him, and my guess would be that it's eating from the inside out rather than from the outside in.</p>