[JCBreckenridge]

“I still think that this kid deliberately provokes a lot of their statements.”

I disagree with you here. I think he’s conducted himself in an admirable fashion and I would be thrilled to have a well-behaving and hard working student in my class.

I also teach in a private school, so I can’t say I share your experiences of teaching in NYC under Bloomberg.

[EinNYC]

If you teach in a private school, you would be dealing almost exclusively with children of parents who care, children who can be thrown out if they chronically misbehave, and children who are motivated because school costs money. No comparison! You're in Cupcakeland.

A student who told their teacher that they were incompetent or stupid in class would HARDLY be a student I would call "well-behaved". And we don't hear about any other habits this kid may have, like talking in class, passing notes, being late, not doing his homework, etc. You are only hearing about conservatives' "Good Boy" points.