He's not that kind of person. It is a long history with him. He blames the teachers in school for his inability to get good grades. His habit of skipping class, staying up drinking all night and sleeping in class, refusal to do the class work or homework had nothing to do with it, just the teachers that wouldn't take the extra time with him. He's been this way all his life. When he came back he told Patty and Me that he was gonna show "The town" that he was not the useless punk kid THEY thought he was.