A video of a teacher in India went viral for showing his aggressive verbal tirade toward a BTS fan.

Siddhartha Mishra, a teacher from the online education platform Physicswallah, grew irate after a female student asked in a live chat if her peers like BTS, prompting many other students to respond. 

ARMY was swift to express concern for the student on Twitter. 

My sister was taking the same class, she told me this thing, the way he reacted is absolutely disgusting. But what actually happened was, a girl wrote who’s bts army here ,in live comment section which was meant for questions and doubts only, everyone started commenting

— komalツ (@bangtanflair) August 15, 2022

doesn’t justify it… i’ve seen football fans discussing a match in the comments during the lectures. they do not care about that – this was solely targeted at a fans of a group that indian men consider a “threat” https://t.co/ybOdaJmDkm

— 🧛🏽 (@hobiyor) August 15, 2022

Honey, we are not saying she wasn’t wrong to do that but that’s not how u react. It could literally b a court case it’s that intense. https://t.co/2uZ9Ov1mwR

— D¡[email protected]⁷//BAD DECISIONS!! (@diyamehra_28) August 15, 2022

Mishra posted an apology video on Monday on his Instagram.

“Hi kids, you guys might remember that recently I was taking a class, and a kid there was commenting ‘BTS ARMY’ repeatedly. So, I scolded her. In fact, I might have scolded her a bit too much,” he reportedly says in the video.

“Recently my mom, dad, wife, and family saw that video, and they said, ‘Yes, that kid was doing something wrong, but did you need to scold her to that extent?’” he continues. “They made me realize that I shouldn’t have scolded her that much. So, kiddo, wherever you are, I am sorry. I take my words back.”

 

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“But you also need to understand that we teachers can’t even afford to spend time with our families,” he adds. “We spend the entire day making PPTs, taking classes, and recording classes. You guys are not in front of us, but we figure out your thought process anyway — where you might have a doubt or where you might feel confused. We try to give you the maximum benefit of our classes without you being physically present there.”

Mishra concludes the video with his point of view of the situation.

“We try to keep the atmosphere light and give our full concentration on teaching you. But in this situation, when you leave such comments, ‘BTS ARMY,’ or anything else, imagine what the other kids might feel like. They might be posting their genuine doubts, but the teacher probably misses them,” he says.

“So, from that end, kiddo, you were wrong. Yeah, I was wrong, too; I shouldn’t have scolded you that much. For that, I take my words back again. And when it comes to BTS, dude, I respect music. BTS are really good. They have done so much hard work in their field, in their industry. So, I have no reason to defame them. And I want all of you guys to achieve the same level of success in your own fields as BTS. Alright, kids?”

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