he frequently misbehaved and was suspended a few times.[12] As Clara had taught him to read as a toddler, Jobs stated that he was "pretty bored in school and [had] turned into a little terror... you should have seen us in the third grade, we basically destroyed the teacher."[12] At Monta Loma Elementary school in Mountain View, he frequently played pranks on others.[3] However, his father (who was abused as a child) never reprimanded him, blaming the school instead for not challenging his brilliant son enough