A La Cañada High math teacher accused of calling a student "Jew boy,'' using other slurs and mocking a student's stutter will receive sensitivity training. The comments reportedly occurred during in-class banter to build rapport with students. "Since when is it 'banter' when a teacher makes fun of a student’s stutter, tells an Armenian student to 'get in your black BMW and go back to Glendale,' and to call a student 'Jew boy?'" a parent asks,
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