Of course we don't know all the facts ---just the teacher's description of his behavior ---he used terms like "kiss my butt" and "you ugly faggot" which he had to learn from somewhere ---maybe home. My kids learned plenty of bad words in two languages by that age --and they'll try most of the words at least once. I think in this case the teacher wanted a long medical leave ---it would be interesting to know how other adults view this child before deciding --- the kid probably knew he had control and was just taking advantage --- he doesn't sound like the sweetest 5 year old you'd care to meet but pushing and shoving and punching at that age isn't that unusual. A coworker's son recently got in trouble ---in the 6th grade for giving a girl a "wedgie" which the teachers called sexual abuse --- but they have a co-ed playground instead of doing the smart thing and segregating the kids ---because in the past that was considered the sensible thing because boys play rough.