The kids were making an annoying little game out of the “bless you” thing. One would sneeze, sometimes real, sometimes phony then another would say “bless you” the sneezer replies “thank you” and the blesser “
welcome “. Kids being kids, they pushed the game until they got some attention. That being said the teacher was
wrong and should have handled the problem differently.
It doesn’t matter. Why were the kids playing the “annoying bless you game” in the first place? It’s because they knew it bugged that teacher. They were doing what kids do,,, finding the hot button and pushing it.
So how did the kids know it bugged him?
Because the TEACHER had been wasting classtime at some point, making sure the kids knew HIS views on theology. Guess THATS ok. The kids were calling him out.