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 re

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