<p>More importantly, is he interested in going into a College major that will require Physics? If he is learning the material and being challenged, I wouldn’t focus so much on the grade. My College freshman son just told me last weekend how he was very glad that he took honors and AP English throughout HS because the writing required in college is proving to be very hard for some of the other students in his classes, but he feels prepared. There’s a difference between failing and being challenged.</p>