I commend you and your student and wish every parent the results you and your student have achieved.  Most students have little to no objective knowledge of life's complex situations.  Congratulations.  
BTW, I wasn't using the term "pawn" as a pejorative.  I used the term as defined in the on-line dictionary:  "pawn (2)  a person or an entity used to further the purpose of another."   I personally disapprove of teachers and administrators using their wards to make political statements.