[Librarygirl]

I don't know if my experience is helpful, but I find adolescent boys to be pretty bad at communicating their feelings. Undergraduate students (although technically men at this point) can be the same way. The last time I taught, I spent the entire semester thinking "these guys really aren't having fun, they do the assignments but they are grumbling the whole time, I'll never get them to feel as excited as I am about drawing." Then, after class was over, several of them told me that this was their favorite class ever and they never worked so hard and it was great. ?!?

Basically this is my long-winded way of saying, hang in there. If he is showing up and doing what you ask him to do this is an excellent sign. I wouldn't necessarily expect more, even if he is loving it (secretly).