Well, Thing2 pulled it off. He got ALL THE WORK we could find finished and submitted. It took 2 weeks including 1 week of my constant attention (when I could be here) and that week included waking up an hour and a half early every day including the weekend, but....
He did it. He is on the phone with his friend now, chatting. The call started talking to his friend's mother and asking if they can join us. They can, it seems.
Please GOD let him learn from this.......