Twenty-six senior students at a Punta Arenas public high school have been sanctioned for participating in a Facebook “attack” on a physics and mathematic teacher.

The Facebook page, entitled “Let’s Shoot (professor) Marlen Diaz,” had 200 followers, half of whom wrote disparaging remarks about the professor. The “let’s shoot” slang (“pitéate”) employed on the page was first popularized in Chilean youth jargon in reference to “let’s shoot a flaite (low-class street kid),” and is a good reflection of class-based attitudes that permeate much of Chile’s culture.


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