How can I make my nephew understand how important school is?

I have a 13 year old nephew, he does not like school, he thinks of every little excuse he can to stay home. I was the same way when I was his age, now that I'm older and understand how important school is, I really regret it. I don't think something is going on at school because he's been like this for a couple of years. What kind of hints or what can I say to make him understand how important school is?

Take him down to the local prison.

Take him down to the local prison.

sonicare

Shouldn't that be something his parents deal with?MushroomWig

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"]Shouldn't that be something his parents deal with?ultimameteora

middle school and high school are pretty unimportantJandurin

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]middle school and high school are pretty unimportantLJS9502_basic

Don't bother trying to convince him it's important. Just threaten to beat him if he does poorly and/or promise to reward him if he does well. The end result is the same.

Ask the people at McDonald's if he can do work experience for a week, and after the week is over tell him that he better go to school or he will be doing that his whole life.DeX2010

But also on the flip side, try to show him a positive role model who has studied and has done well in life.

get a box, a big one, and then put him outside and make him sleep in it.

it will make him feel like a hobo. :P

Drive him down to the homeless shelter and tell him "this is your future"! If that doesn't work then take him inside and make him eat some of the food there and that will teach him to stay in school ;)

violence, then he'll wish he was at school and not at home.

:P

Theres still a reason why he doesn't want to school. Many people want to go school to see their friends, even if they dislike education and get poor grades. So for a child to both dislike school and not care for the social elements, is a cause for some concern.

It could be the opposite, where he has some form of developmental delay and is struggling in school due to ADD/ADHD. Its also possible that hes smarter than you think and he isnt challenged enough in school and cares little for it.

Most people on this forum arent parents. And even the few that are, aren't necessarily good parents. Talk to a psychologist.

Take him down to the local prison.

Tell your nephew that he is dumb. No one likes dumb people = going to school to become smart and likable.

Say that he'll be a male prostitute in a gay neighbourhood if he doesn't do his homework.

kick his ass until school is the only place he wants to be

Take him to mcdonalds and ask him do you want to work here for the rest of your life

It could be the opposite, where he has some form of developmental delay and is struggling in school due to ADD/ADHD. Its also possible that hes smarter than you think and he isnt challenged enough in school and cares little for itXaosII

Show him season 4 of the wire

Don't bother trying to convince him it's important. Just threaten to beat him if he does poorly and/or promise to reward him if he does well. The end result is the same.

Oleg_Huzwog

Show him some drunk hobos or anything else as a bad example

You can show him the unemployment numbers. That's kicked my a** into gear to get my college degree.

Is it really that important these days, you need a college degree to do anything anymore and if you dont do college then high school is a waste of time.

Ehhh he's only 13 dude. He'll mature once he reaches high school. What kinda crowd does he hang with? -Tish-

[QUOTE="-Tish-"]Ehhh he's only 13 dude. He'll mature once he reaches high school. What kinda crowd does he hang with? SF_KiLLaMaN

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"][QUOTE="-Tish-"]Ehhh he's only 13 dude. He'll mature once he reaches high school. What kinda crowd does he hang with? -Tish-

[QUOTE="parkurtommo"][QUOTE="-Tish-"] Excuse me, but I don't think I was talking to you.-Tish-

[QUOTE="-Tish-"][QUOTE="parkurtommo"] Ouch.SF_KiLLaMaN

[QUOTE="-Tish-"][QUOTE="parkurtommo"] Ouch.SF_KiLLaMaN