A TEACHER recognised by his pupils as ‘cool’ is actually a 28-year-old man desperate to be popular with children, it has emerged.
Julian Cook, a biology teacher at a Sheffield secondary school, has cultivated a reputation for being ‘dank’ by wearing trainers, gossiping about other staff and sharing anecdotes about ‘vomming’ during his Freshers Week ten long years ago.
15-year-old Jordan Gardner said: “Cooky J – he asked us to call him that – is a proper legend.
“Other teachers are all ‘where’s your coursework?’ but J sits in front of the desk, in a chair he’s spun around the wrong way, talking about Sabrina Carpenter, scrolling TikTok in class and moaning about living with his parents. He’s so relatable.
“Other teachers, it’s like they don’t care what we think of them. Cooky takes a real interest in our lives, running the Warhammer club and telling us what pub he drinks in so we can have a pint with him once we’re 18.
“He’s definitely the coolest teacher in the school. No wonder all the rest of the teachers are too intimidated to hang out with him.”
Cook said: “Yeah, they might not pass their GCSE because we’re hanging and talking smack. But I didn’t do well in exams and look at me now.”
