Not liking school

When Darren got home from school on Tuesday, I asked him how school was.  He never answered me.  I asked him again.  He did not answer again.  Because it was our normal crazy, just walk in the door hectic, I thought that maybe he did not hear me.  I pulled him to the side and asked again how school was.  He did not want to answer me.  I finally asked if he got his name on the board, and he admitted that he did. 

I asked him what he did to get his name on the board.  He said that he was not listening.  Nathan walked by to hear the last parts and started picking on Darren for getting his name on the board.  Darren then goes, "I've only got my name on twice.  You have had yours on the board a lot more!"  What???  You have had your name on the board before?  When I ask Darren about it, he said that he had.  When I ask why, he tells me that it was for not listening.

I talked briefly with his teacher about it last night at the parent-teacher conference, and she said he acts like the rules do not apply to him.  I agree with that assessment.  There will be more on the parent-teacher conference in another post.