[the X-Men are the best guardians ever. no really]
So, some people might be a bit curious about why Josh- and all the other X-kids too, tbh- can be pretty avoidant with regards to confiding in adults, or with just speaking to them about personal issues or even just outright interacting with them at times. So, I thought it might be an idea to post some scans which might help illustrate why that may be!
Right, so the last time one of Josh's teachers tried to have a student/teacher conference with him, it was after Josh and his classmates had been abducted by the devil and taken to Hell.
(At the time that this goes down, Josh has also been through the loss of 42 of his classmates after their school bus was blown up by anti-mutant terrorists; the death of his ex-girlfriend after she was shot by a sniper- this happened right in front of him- shortly after the attack on the bus; Josh killing the man responsible for the attacks on the school; and a major knowledge gain, where his three telepathic hive-mind classmates copied all the medical and scientific knowledge from the mind of their genius MD/PhD teacher, the Beast, and pasted it into Josh's head, re-wiring his brain where it need be so that he could fully comprehend the new-found knowledge. Which happened just in the nick of time really, because right afterwards they were pulled into Hell. It was that kind of month for the X-kids, what can I say)
Anyway, that conference didn't... exactly go all that well:
And Josh, who is very very obviously having a breakdown at this point, is... basically left like that, for the rest of the day:
(From New X-Men v2 #42)
Thankfully, whilst the adults are essentially pretty useless, Josh's classmates (a certain gal in particular) are not:
(From New X-Men v2 #43)
How do you cheer up a sad teenager, indeed!
Also, there's the fact that this happened that one time the Danger Room went crazy and became a person and stuff:
(From Astonishing X-Men #11)
Fun times! And yes, yes they totally leave him there like that. And this isn't even including that time when Josh was told he'd have to be on the X-Men's covert kill squad, after he was only brought on to administer emergency medical care after a mission went wrong and instead his throat got ripped out by his other ex-girlfriend (he got better), where they were like:
Them: Okay, you have three choices- either we kill you to keep the team's existence secret (nevermind the fact that we will totally fail to maintain that secret all on our own), have you mind-wiped by the telepathic hive-mind-
Josh: I choose the mind-wipe.
Them: - or you join the team. Sorry what was that?
Josh: I choose the-
Terrible Shit: *goes down*
Them: Welp, we're just going to have to table this discussion for now. Foley, go suit up because you're staying on the team.
Josh: But
Them: NOW.
So, yes! Those are some moments of Josh with... most of the major adult influences in his life. Good times :')