For any teacher, tearing up the rule book poses a significant risk in the classroom.
Thus, when a Norwegian nursery teacher, defying norms, brought a vial of her own blood to class, it was highly likely that chaos would ensue.
When discussing the essentials of teaching, prompting children to interact with and taste your blood is certainly among the activities to avoid.
In Sola, located on Norway’s western coast, the teacher poured the blood sample onto a plate for children, aged three to six, to observe.
After being alerted to the peculiar biology lesson, beleaguered head teacher Inger Lise Soemme Andersen had to provide some clarifications to the outraged parents.
‘The children inquired if they could touch it, and she permitted them,’ she recounted.
‘Then they wondered, “how do we get it off?” so she put her finger in her mouth and the children imitated her.’
‘The parents are mortified, shaken, and shocked.’
The teacher, who was a temporary staff member, has undergone testing for AIDS and Hepatitis B, with officials stating that the risk of transmitting any infection remains very low.
