Swearing lessons

An Austrian primary school teacher is facing the sack after giving a class of nine-year-olds a lesson in swear words.

Teacher Michael Brechter, 57, who teaches at the Kematen Primary School in the province of Upper Austria, asked the kids to write homework about words like 'arse', 'sh*t', 'moron' and 'tart'.

He said: "I was not teaching them anything they did not already know.

"It was an attempt to make school lively and fun. My ultimate aim was to show what words should not be used."