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eShirl

(18,505 posts)
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 06:42 PM Jul 2013

Shocked pupils 'see head teacher have a Basil Fawlty-like meltdown'

A CONTROVERSIAL head teacher who left his wife to marry his foster daughter had a Basil Fawlty-style "meltdown" during a school assembly, according to pupils.

Malcolm Hayes is said to have "snapped" before smashing and punching the keyboard of an electric organ he had intended to play for the children.

The devout Christian then picked up the instrument and stormed outside, demanding that pupils follow him.

Mr Hayes continued to attack the organ in the car park, before getting in his car and repeatedly driving over it.

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http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/413781/Shocked-pupils-see-head-teacher-have-a-Basil-Fawlty-like-meltdown


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Shocked pupils 'see head teacher have a Basil Fawlty-like meltdown' (Original Post) eShirl Jul 2013 OP
Well, I'm laughing.... Moonwalk Jul 2013 #1
oh, that would have been epic to watch. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #2
I had a teacher melt down KT2000 Jul 2013 #3
anyone remember the Dragonfly episode? Doctor_J Jul 2013 #4
Well, I'm sorry I missed that. Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #5
Whatever you do, don't mention the war! House of Roberts Jul 2013 #6

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. oh, that would have been epic to watch.
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 07:05 PM
Jul 2013

That's the problem these days..meltdowns are takne way too seriously.

KT2000

(20,593 posts)
3. I had a teacher melt down
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 07:11 PM
Jul 2013

in junior high school. She started yelling at the class - for what we didn't know. Then she quit talking to us for the rest of the school year. Every class was reading a chapter in the history book and writing notes that we turned in. One girl got an A for filling her paper with "George Washington Carver eats peanuts."

It was a tough school.

Arkansas Granny

(31,535 posts)
5. Well, I'm sorry I missed that.
Wed Jul 10, 2013, 07:32 PM
Jul 2013

At least he was punching the organ instead of Manuel (he's from Barcelona).

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