Ian's Change

Ian displayed true objectivity when it came to dealing with his teachers. Although he hated how some of his teachers were so emotional with dealing with his discipline problems, he always showed them the utmost respect in all situations. He thought is plausible that maybe his teachers were that devoted to teaching class. Maybe that's why they were always emotionally invested in everything he did. One day, his biology teacher Mr. Kaiser, substantiated this claim when one day he held Ian after class. He told him, "I just don't understand why you don't see the potential I see in you! Time after time I've vindicated you with your other teachers and you repay me by not turning in a project!" Ian gave Mr. Kaiser a condescending look that portrayed his contemptuous attitude about this situation. "I don't care about school, why don't these teachers understand that!?" This whole situation was disdainful. If I came to school, wasn't that enough? All this coming to class on time, finishing homework, making A's, was full of crap. "Maybe these teachers think they're better than me!", but a haughty attitude from his teachers wasn't the problem, and even if his teachers were imperious, that gave Ian no right to take this attitude with his teachers, and, furthermore, his education. He didn't like being disrespected and definitely not patronized.
Obviously, Ian's situation with teachers was becoming more and more convoluted. He went from being respectful yet distanced to outright rude and insolent. Any type of help with his education now was simply futile. His new attitude with life was well on it's way to impeding his chances at making a better life for himself. He'd face obscure and uncertain days if he wouldn't change. So Mr. Kaiser along with several other of Ian's teachers decided to have an intervention. It began with alienating him in class. The alliance between the teachers was so strong and united that they would stop at nothing to make sure he was successful. Slow they began to see disparity between the old Ian and the boy he was becoming. The way his teachers were treating him caused him to have to stay on his A game and so he could be a good student. He suppressed his feelings of feeling that school is just a way to get out of the house. Instead of writing a mundane paper for English, Ian would embellish it with his new-found vocabulary and begin to show that he was truly trying to change. He wanted to be a better student, and he knew this journey was going to begin with him turning over a new leaf.