In another great example of weird world news, parents in Queensland, Australia, were shocked to learn that their students were being taught by a self-proclaimed cat, as reported by the New York Post.
According to reporting, the teacher is employed at Marsden State High School in Logan City, just south of Brisbane. Like many a young woman on Halloween, the woman was caught on tape wearing black cat ears, except that instead of a night out on the town, she was at her place of work, ostensibly shaping young minds.
In addition to the ears, the woman wore a lanyard with the word “purr” on it, licked the back of her hands in class in imitation of a cat cleaning itself, and asked students to refer to her as “Miss Purr.”
A relative of the teacher took to social media to give further details into Miss Purr’s odd behavior, explaining that she would hiss at students for replying incorrectly to questions or failing to pay attention.
While the relative in question also noted that the behavior could be overblown in the retelling of the students, there’s no denying the several pictures and videos of her in her ears while licking her “paws.”
Naturally, teachers were quick to flood the school with complaints once word of the oddball teacher got around.
One student’s mother alleged that Miss Purr made her daughter “purr loudly for a lollypop.”
Social media users were seemingly equal parts outraged and amused, with many raising questions about professionalism in the classroom.
In previous years, this could probably be chalked up to harmless fun, a silly gag not really hurting anyone. But can you really blame parents for being cautious these days?
When pro-trans protestors attack Christians, trans rioters assault conservatives, and a growing percentage of college campus dissidents use they/them pronouns, parents can be forgiven for wanting anything identifying outside the norm as far away from their children as possible.
Could be the next iteration of the crazy cat lady? At press time, there have been no reports of any “Mr. Purr” in the picture.
Perhaps we should just count ourselves lucky that none of her students suffer from cat allergies.
