It is, in fact, his second year. Read carefully what he posted, particularly the first sentence.

Glad to hear you are not concerned about the illiterate, as they’ll ultimately become someone else’s problem. Guess what? Those kids are ultimately YOUR problem. Know why? YOU pay for Riker’s [sic]. YOU pay for welfare for dropouts. YOU pay to support those who can’t support themselves and their families.

Here we have a virtuous person who is trying to make a difference in this world and all you have to offer is your advice to “Don’t worry about those kids that can’t read and write…”.

Are you an educator, or are you someone attracted to a job of keeping the inmates under quasi-control for the sake of racking up three months’ vacation plus benefits?

Your comments strongly suggest the latter.

As for how to handle your class, talk to the more respected teachers at your school and ask them for advise and sit in their classes. As for me, I let them know who is the boss and single out the head knuckleheads for calls home, visits to the Dean’s office, and of course suspensions. The rest of the students quickly get the message.

Good luck, the first year is the worst. The second year will end up better.