I can’t decide which is stranger: that the teacher gives out stars for drinking milk, or that Pep has not been able to earn one for such a simple task.
If we want to be generous we could say he’s sticking to his principle of enlightened self-interest in spite of frequent efforts to discourage him.
Of course, a real life principal would definitely have issues with Miss Wormwood sending a student to his office so frequently for most of the reasons that she does.
Yeah, basically.