When he first began, the best thing about my dad working as an astronaut for NASA seemed to be that he would leave me alone. We had always clashed: he called me a "smart aleck," and all he appeared to care about was whether or not I did my science and math homework. I could be out late, going to parties, and getting into trouble, and he wouldn't even bat an eye so long as I finished my chemistry homework. Meanwhile, I was terrible at both math and science; my best grades were in English.

Based on this information, what can you conclude about how Jason feels toward his dad at the beginning of the story?