A word of warning from the Guardian after the surprising dismissal of a French teacher who told a pupil to go and "top himself":
"A teacher has been suspended after claims from a pupil that she told him to "top himself" when he was too shy to speak in French in front of his class.
"...The same teacher, who has not been named, sneered ... when a colleague apologised for flaring up and calling a boy "fatso" after he disrupted a maths lesson.
"The inquiry was triggered when the boy ... came home and told his mother Sharon: "I've had a hell of a day."
"Mrs Jenkins, 35, said: "She asked him to stand up and say what his hobbies were (in French). He hasn't got much confidence and he didn't. She told him, 'I don't like nobodies. Go and top yourself.' I'm absolutely disgusted with her. She shouldn't be working with kids."
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