My son is 20 now and I am so proud of him.
He still has tons of energy and is not very tolerant in that when he sees no reason to do something the standard way, it just irritates him to no end, but he does what he has to.
But he is ambitious and hard working and responsible and creative.
It’s a matter of teaching them to channel all that energy into something productive. And that takes time and energy and hard work itself, but pays untold dividends in the end. It’s not what people who are looking for the lazy way out want to deal with. Public schools are wasting so much potential.
My son is going to make a wonderful husband and father and once he’s out of school (after watching how good he treats he girlfriends already) and will provide for his family, as he feels that responsibility strongly.
And he’s a flaming conservative to boot.
Hang in there. You’re doing the right thing and it will pay some day.
Your son sounds like a wonderful young man. It’s always heartening to hear that everything worked out well for another very active boy. :-)