School governors have sacked a philosophy teacher from his job after discovering his secret life - as a blood smeared death metal rock singer. By day shaven-headed Thomas Gurrath, 29, discussed ethics with his 14-year-old pupils at his high school in Stuttgart.
But by night he calls himself The Bloodbeast and writhes around on stage covered in animal blood with topless backing singers and his band Debauchery.The band's biggest hits include 'Kill Maim Burn' and 'Torture Pit'.
"It was very worrying to listen to his music and then realise he was teaching our children," said one parent.
Shocked officials ordered Gurrath to quit saying his performances were a form of mental instability that made him unsafe to be around children. They ordered him to choose between teaching and his music - saying he could no longer teach anywhere in Baden-Wuerttemberg state unless he gave up the band. But Gurrath said he was too addicted to death metal music to quit and agreed to give up his career as a teacher instead.
A schoolteacher with a phobia of rabbits is suing a 14-year-old student after she drew a bunny on the blackboard. The teacher, from Vechta, Germany, says she was traumatized by the drawing, and claims the girl knew it would terrify her. The teacher had transferred to the school. So had one of her former students, and when the student spread the word about the teacher's fear of rabbits, her new students thought they'd test it out. "We did it for fun and out of curiosity", one of the girls told a court, "We wanted to see if she would really freak out." School officials removed the girl from the class and now the teacher is seeking compensation for her terror and her loss of earnings.
A third-grader at Brazos Elementary School in Orchard, Texas, was given a week's detention for possessing a Jolly Rancher candy. Leighann Adair, 10, was eating lunch Monday when a teacher confiscated the candy. She was in tears when she arrived home later that afternoon and handed them the detention notice. According to the disciplinary referral, she would be separated from other students during lunch and recess through Friday. The school's principal and superintendent said they were simply complying with a state law that limits junk food in schools. Leighann's parents say it's a huge overreaction over a piece of candy, but Jack Ellis, the superintendent for Brazos Independent School District, said the school was just abiding by a state guideline that banned "minimal nutrition" foods. "Whether or not I agree with the guidelines, we have to follow the rules," he said.
