Thank you. I will refer him to you should there be any other incidents. I sincerely hope to avoid anything of the kind, however.

Only, I cannot understand what motivated him to resist so benign a thing as an identity card. What a ridiculous stone to beat his head against! I suppose it is simply adolescent irrationality. What's awkward is the fact that other students naturally take cues from him. Especially when he's so openly disrespectful and rebellious.

It does just make me wonder if I have any aptitude for teaching at all.

But that's just a long day speaking. No worries.

I'll be back in form tomorrow. And you're right: he'll have left school and moved to other arenas soon. Surely that will be a very good thing for all concerned.