A New South Wales teacher has avoided jail time on a common assault charge after punching a teenage student in a classroom in March.A court heard Kable punched a school boy after being tormented by a group of studentsMichael John Kable, 63, pleaded guilty to one count of common assault for punching a school boy in the back of the head, after a brawl broke out in his classroom at Maitland Grossman High School on March 21.
"Our society expects school teachers to be perfect, in normal circumstances hearing of a teacher punching a student would require a conviction, but I must look at the circumstances which it occurred," he said. "I accept he was subject to extreme provocation as a casual teacher who was perhaps not supported as much as he should have been."
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