School of Hard Knocks
Gaara didn't attend school in the traditional sense.
Mainly this was because the teachers were absolutely terrified of him.
He spent almost all his time with Baki.
Sometimes Baki wondered who was actually training who.
Of course, he had to teach Gaara techniques, jutsus, skills and discipline.
But Gaara's unpredictability kept Baki on his toes.
The jounin found that constantly having his life on the line was quite exhilarating.
School Daze
At age nine, Kankuro announced he would no longer attend school.
Baki laughed, cuffing the boy's ears before sending him off to class.
He was furious at first when he received the teacher's note stating the boy was sleeping in class.
Then he caught Kankuro sending a puppet in his place the next day.
Baki laughed and relented.
With instructors that dumb the boy was better off with him.
Team Player
Temari was a model student, graduating at age eleven.
Baki's next task was the hardest he had to do.
He denied her a team with her classmates.
Any jounin sensei would have been proud to have her.
But Baki knew he had to keep the siblings together for Gaara's sake.
He tried to explain it to her.
She said she understood.
But he knew she hated him for it.
And that hurt.