An Alabama teacher has been questioned by the Secret Service after using the hypothetical assassination of President Barack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geometry students, The Birmingham News reports.

A Secret Service official tells the newspaper that agents "talked to the gentleman," did not find a credible threat, and have closed the investigation.

Officials said the Jefferson County geometry teacher was apparently teaching students about parallel lines and angles and used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama.

"He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president,' " said Joseph Brown, a senior in the geometry.

The paper says it could not reach the unidentified Corner High School teacher for comment.

School Superintendent Phil Hammonds says there are no plans to fire him.

"We are going to have a long conversation with him about what's appropriate," Hammonds tells The News. "It was extremely poor judgment on his part, and a poor choice of words."

(Posted by Doug Stanglin)

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