A school said it is reviewing an incident where a teacher called a pupil “despicable” for disagreeing that a classmate could identify as a cat.
Rye College confirmed the exchange—recorded and leaked online last week—was under investigation “so the events do not take place in the future.”
The Epoch Times understands the comments were made during a Year 8 life lesson at the East Sussex Church of England school on Friday.
The heated exchange happened after one pupil questioned a classmate, “How can you identify as a cat when you’re a girl?”
During the recording, heard by The Epoch Times, the teacher says to one pupil: “How dare you? You’ve just really upset someone, saying things like [you] should be in an asylum.”…