'Go back or I’ll send you to gas chamber': What teacher told Jewish girl who jumped lunch queue

[Behind the Aegis]

A teacher at one of the top independent schools in London has reportedly told a Jewish girl that she would send her “to one of your gas chambers” as a punishment for jumping the lunch queue.

The incident occurred earlier this year at the girls-only North London Collegiate School, when one of the pupils apparently tried to join the queue at the dining hall by unhooking a rope barrier.

The girl, aged 17 at the time, was stopped by a teacher with whom she had had little previous contact and told: “Don’t do that or I’ll have to send you to the back of the queue or to one of your gas chambers,” according to reports in the Mail on Sunday.

The school said it had been made aware of the allegation and, after seeking legal advice, taken “appropriate action”. It has not identified the teacher or elaborated on what its measures involved.

The incident was apparently overheard by a large number of pupils, and was reported by another family to the Community Security Trust, a group which is devoted to combating anti-Semitism and represents the Jewish community on a range of issues.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/go-back-or-ill-send-you-to-gas-chamber-what-teacher-told-jewish-girl-who-jumped-lunch-queue-30181804.html

[ZombieHorde]

1. Boggles the mind. nt

[agbdf]

2. Outrageous!

That teacher has no business in any classroom save for her own participation in sensitivity training.

[Dorian Gray]

10. Seriously

any teacher who would say something like that is a jerk. And an idiot.

[jmowreader]

3. If death is the proper punishment for cutting in line, what do you get for serious offenses?

[eridani]

4. Disgusting. It used to puzzle me why-

--Jewish friends were so creeped out by Easter, but didn't musch mind Christmas. Eventually got to notice how these disgusting attacks often clustered around Passover and Easter, both following a similar calendar.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. It has to do with the age-old "Jews killed Christ" stereotype.

Easter is about the resurrection of Jesus, which involved his death, to which Jews are often accused of causing. Even to this day there are sermons which allude to Jews killing Jesus.

[JI7]

5. they should never be allowed to teach again, and england has stricter laws concerning

these type of attacks. i wonder what will happen .

[malaise]

7. Good effin' grief

This planet has sick people

[Violet_Crumble]

8. The school's response isn't good enough. It needs to say what the appropriate action was...

For all we know the teacher got a slap on the wrist and ordered to write 100 lines of 'I promise I won't be a bigoted wanker ever again when large numbers of students can witness what I say."

[Junkdrawer]

9. Nazis on the march

When times get bad, they seem to crawl out of the woodwork, defending wealth by creating scapegoats.

[badtoworse]

11. Appalling. She should be fired.

[William769]

12. The only action that should be taken in this instance is being fired and license revoked for life!

[CFLDem]

13. Fascism is on the march! n/t

[gollygee]

14. Holy crap

that person is obviously entirely unsuitable to be working with kids.

[Nye Bevan]

15. Fire her immediately (nt)

[MineralMan]

16. Immediate dismissal for that teacher is the minimum.

Nothing less is acceptable.

[Solly Mack]

17. I hope that means they fired the teacher.

[Paladin]

18. Looking forward to comments from DU's No Such Thing As Hate Speech group.... (nt)

[Orrex]

19. That's so sick that I can't believe it didn't happen in the US.

[sheshe2]

20. The teacher should be dismissed.

Nothing less will do.