RIYADH, 6 April 2006 — A bad stock tip led to a fistfight in a classroom, reported Al-Madinah recently. The fighters weren’t the students, but rather the teachers. The fight broke out when two teachers entered the classroom of another teacher to confront him on a bad stock tip that resulted in financial losses. The argument escalated into a fight. The Ministry of Education is investigating the incident and has pledged to punish the behavior. Education officials have been confronting a problem in recent months of teachers skipping class to invest in the stock market. Now, it seems, some teachers think they’re not only qualified to give stock tips, but also to engage in violent behavior when the tips turn out to be bad.