Pupils scared by asteroid spoof

Now this sounds like a school assembly worth attending:

He had told the year nine students that the asteroid was on a "collision course".

It is also believed that the students were told that they should go home and say "final farewells" to their families.

And then:

Head Mr Hogan said: "Obviously I regret the fact that any student was distressed by the content and delivery of the assembly.

"However, I am confident that the head of year acted appropriately and professionally in dealing with the incident.

Isn't that great? The head of the year tells his students that they're all going to die in a fiery cataclysm, and the headmaster says 'I'm confident that this was appropriate'. The message of the assembly was to 'seize the day'... nothing like an Extinction Level Event to make people glad they're alive. :-P

I'm just curious though that the headmaster felt that this was appropriate. Next step: Sodomising underage boys to teach them the importance of safe sex. An entirely appropriate action considering the endemic spread of STDs in the nation's youth.