Let’s turn this around.
The teacher, by accepting the statement of the kid as fact, that ‘a ring’ could harm another child, also accepted the premise of that ring being a magic ring, thereby a silent acknowledgement of the use of ‘magick’, (notice the difference in spelling), and therefore, owns knowledge of religious practices scorned by a large segment of the American population.
Yes, but it would be non-Christian religion. Diversity must be celebrated.
“...scorned by a large segment of the American population.”
Teacher isn’t getting much love here on FR, either.
Educators are walking, talking examples of “You can’t fix stupid. Stupid is forever!”