In this article, the author describes how he was baffled with one of his students' blatant display of nonconforming attitude. Keenan is a student most loathed by his classmates. He didn't give a damn if the other students liked him. He scratched his crotch as he walked, and his unshampooed hair resembled a ragged carpet swatch. When he sneezed without covering his nose, as he often did, it sounded like a tub of margarine exploding. Keenan, who is intellectually gifted, has baffled the author because of his refusal to conform to ordinary decency. The author relates that it is obvious that Keenan has suffered. Much as the author wanted to understand why Keenan acted that way, he did not know what he will do if Keenan shared a part of himself.