Taken by a stroke of madness, a teacher at a high school Brignoles (Var) sequestered in the dark for fifteen minutes about twenty students of terminal, before the latter, none of which suffered from physical violence, do not escape, was learned Thursday at the academy of Nice.
Locked up to watch a series
According to the testimony of high school students collected by Var-Matin, corroborated by the direction of the establishment according to the academy, the teacher would have asked his students of terminale L (literary), Tuesday at the beginning of his course, if one of they had a connection to the Netflix series site, to view "The Lord of the Rings".
As this series was not found, the professor turned to a series "Lucifer", throwing the students, according to testimonies quoted by Var-Matin : "It will bring you the light." It was at the moment when one of the high school students questioned the professor about the pedagogical interest in viewing such a program that he would then have decided to lock up his pupils in the dark and close the door locks.
Medical opinions requested on the teacher
"Some of the high school students could first escape through the door communicating with the next room thanks to the intervention of a colleague of the professor, before the rest of the students were released by the assistant principal who , alerted by the supervisors, managed to open the door to the corridor, "told AFP a spokesman for the academy. The whole scene, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, "did not last more than a quarter of an hour," she added.
The school officials, who evacuated at the time all the high school students present on the floor concerned, called firefighters who took the professor to the hospital, according to the direction of the school. The academy says it has no news from it and is waiting for medical advice before starting any procedure.
Quoted by Var-Matin , witnesses whose daily lives do not specify whether they are pupils or colleagues of the professor mentioned "personal problems, difficulties" of the teacher in question. A psychological unit was set up by the school and a substitute teacher appointed for this class, also specifies the academy.