@cystic:
The guy should be fired for being an idiot. Setting a fire in a grade 7 class shows terrible judgement. Burning the flag as an educator is IMO inappropriate - more so than if he were to lead the class in prayer.
From what I ahve heard, these were tiny flags, index card sized.
As for setting fires in a classroom…
I guess my Science teachers all need to be fired too. I still remember the demo of dust explosions using a coffee can, flour, and a flame (huge fireball). And of course Bunsen Burners…
Let’s just wrap our kids in bubble wrap, blindfold them, plug their ears… lets do anythign we can to isolate them from ANYTHING. 18 year old newborns shold be quite grand for our society.