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I was a stand-in teacher today

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A 7:30am call from the headmaster informing me of sick teachers and – as a consequence – a shortage of staff, saw me racing to school to join Year 5 on their visit to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.

And, despite the rain and the fact that there were 27 (twenty-seven) 10 and 11-year-olds excited to be out and about away from school for the morning, it wasn’t such a bad experience.

I mean, I couldn’t do it every day (and I have the utmost admiration for those who can and do), but I survived with barely a scratch, before heading home for a late-midday brandy, and then a post lunch brandy ahead of my regular afternoon brandy.

I’m fine. Fine.

Thanks for asking.

Teacher fired over penis piercing

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Yes. Really.

Not because he has one, but because he apparently took three boys from his school to get one done as well. And then had his done while they watched.

The Gauteng education department welcomed a decision by a high school in Pretoria to fire a teacher who allegedly took pupils to have their penises pierced.

“No school or teacher is allowed to do that”

THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THIS. I WAS INITIALLY CONFUSED AS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S REGULATIONS REGARDING GENITAL PIERCING.

The teacher reportedly took three teenage boys for piercing. He also reportedly had his own penis pierced in front of the pupils and gave the boys penis-shaped pasta.

Well, I hope it was al denté.

The teacher was also reportedly a member of a well-known Afrikaans folk group.

To be honest, this fact alone should have encouraged the authorities to take disciplinary action long before the piercing incident.