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"You are a pack of arseholes"

Here's one that teachers will secretly like, perhaps a little tiny bit.

Comes now a story out of Australia about an un-named teacher who's been cleared to continue teaching despite numerous complaints filed against him by students and parents. Apparently this guy was pretty, um, forceful with his 5th grade class; allowing his kids to chase each other around the room with a baseball bat, plus liberal use of the "F" word (as in, ""Why the fuck are you behaving this way in my class and not other people's classes?"and "Don't fucking swear at me") along with this classic, directed at the kids: "You are a pack of arseholes" -- all this resulted in our hero being cited and brought up on charges.

Somehow he manages to maintain his certification and is still working at this time.

But you've gotta love it -- at least I do -- that this guy actually got to tell students what he really thought of them. See, in my experience, most 5th graders are arseholes. To be able to let fly in the room, right in front of them, must have been liberating and freeing and oh so fun.

His lawyer will probably come back with some lame excuse, like he has Tourette's Syndrome, or something similar, and ultimately the result will be fully-paid long-term disability for this teacher, who will then age gracefully and end up like Clint Eastwood's characted in his new movie, Gran Torino. He'll be the first out the door with a shotgun growling things like "get off my lawn" whenever the neighborhood kids tromp by.

I'm so jealous.

posted by Nigel St.John Regina Smegmatica Howle-Raines @ 8:31 AM