So I Guess That’s Not Really Funny After All

The high school student who attended school dressed as Hitler on Tuesday returned to class, jackboots in tow. I think “chutzpah” is the proper term here:

Flouting a possible suspension and the scorn of Jewish groups, a Brooklyn high-school student ejected from class for dressing as Adolf Hitler on Halloween donned the controversial getup again yesterday on campus.

A spokesman for the city Education Department said that Leon M. Goldstein HS will pursue disciplinary charges against 16-year-old Walter Petryk for insubordination, which could result in a 10-day suspension.

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The junior honors student dressed again as the fascist butcher outside the Sheepshead Bay school yesterday for a gaggle of reporters, and dismissed the prospect of suspension — as well as the ridicule of onlookers.

“I’m not worried about it that much,” said Petryk, whose mother delivered the costume to him yesterday and stood by his side.

“I’m not a Nazi. It’s a Halloween costume,” he declared. “People have taken it too seriously . . . I’m not going to go around and kill Jews or anything.”

At one point, the gathering was interrupted by area resident Michael Loweth, 50, who shouted at Petryk, “You’re pathetic!”

“This is ridiculous, kid. Grow up!” he yelled. “Millions of people died for a schmuck like you.”

And I guess “schmuck” is an equally appropriate term.