Alright, this isnt really my problem, since I am already done
and over with my studies... 
But anyway I am teaching now, and one of my students have been
doing poorly in his studies. I have given my class 2 exams so far,
and he has failed both of them. I asked him to resit the test, but
he refused. After that he started missing his classes and when I
called him to ask why, he said he has a lot of other things to
do.
I told my manager about this and he contacted his parents, who in
turn contacted me just now to tell me about his situation.
Basically he feels like giving up in his lessons and feel that he
will never pass the exams. And his parents said that he has been
mixing with the wrong type of friends who told him that education
is not important, since a lot of uneducated people also can make it
big nowadays...
Now the parents want me to encourage him and talk to him so that
his interest in his studies will be renewed 
He has been forced to come for his lesson tonight and I guess I
have to talk to him about this...but I do not know how to encourage
him (I have done that before, but don't think it is really that
successful).
Any ideas?
