He told you he wanted to take those classes.
You bought him the welder.
He is now being a flake.
I would MAKE him attend those classes.
Didn't you sign up already AND his Teacher got him into the class, as a favor?
He has to suck it up, and do it and go to it.
Too bad.
HE does NOT have a choice, in this.
Tell him is he does not do this, he pays you back for the welder, and gets a Summer JOB.
NO staying home doing nothing.
His option are, going to this class, or getting a summer job of some kind.
And if he can't find one on his own, you will. Even if that means being a mail room person in an office, paid or not. He can do it as a "volunteer.' Or he can mow people's lawns. All summer.
*It doesn't matter what his GPA is.
He SAID he wanted to take it. You got him the welder. It is ONLY for 3 weeks. He is flaking out.
HE has to learn, commitment.
AND his Teacher, did you ALL a FAVOR, and got him into the class. Who knows how hard that was for the Teacher to do, pulling her/his strings and then another kid not getting into the class.
So, thus, if that were my kid, I would make my kid take it, go to class, and too bad.
This is life.
Or, you have your kid, go to the Teacher, with his head hanging down and APOLOGIZE for wasting his Teacher's time and efforts, by doing him a FAVOR and getting him into a class, which he is now flaking out on.
HOW RUDE, of him.
His Teacher BELIEVED in him enough (and you), to pull strings and do him a FAVOR and getting him into that class.
Nuff' said.