too kool for skool

About 15 minutes into a grade 9 class today, the school bad boy walked in. Later on, the other teacher told me that this was the second time he's come to English class. What, this week? No, this semester.

There's a Japanese style room at school (tatami mat floors), and apparently he just sleeps there all day. So, I guess he gets brownie points for coming to school though??! As I have previously blogged, kids here don't have to do anything to pass junior high, so this bad boy will be a junior high school graduate next April.

He strolls in and out of the staff room (in between naps I guess) but instead of being disciplined, I feel like all the teachers suck up to him. It's like they're trying to get through to him by being "cool" and understanding, but it just comes across as weak to me. He's just getting all the attention he craves, rather than the discipline (and education!) he needs.