if the kids in his class had been needling him all week losing the plot and shouting seems quite reasonable. If first thing on a Monday morning not so much.

With regards to the other parents my grandmother used to say "well I never wanted a suet pudding anyway", and ask them about their opinion on the latest political issue (or local event if more appropriate."suet pudding" was her name for children who just sit stodgily where they are put.