Should this teacher be allowed to work with children?

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I'm also 14, and he reminds me a little of my year 6 P.E. teacher.
The teacher taught half the year maths, and when doing this he would yell at students for minuscule things, threw a dictionary at one student, and a chair at another. While I never saw any of this myself, I believe it, the way he treated me in P.E., and outside of lessons was disgusting.

(You can tell that my English teachers were rubbish ).

As much as I wish this was true, it's not (or at least, not here in Ontario...can't be sure about elsewhere).

Going through teacher's college, one of the things I've learned is that, other than cases of sexual abuse, it is almost impossible to get a teacher fired. They could be warned, told to take additional classroom management training, or transferred to a different school.

But surprisingly (and sadly) it is nearly impossible to actually get one fired

Well, I was gonna say... Though teachers are liable to report signs of abuse to Children's Aid, I'm sure that most have no concern over it unless it directly affects them. I'm not even a teacher, but because I work with kids, I have to report it. But I bet that other teachers would rather follow the popular "Don't ask, don't tell" rule.

Just tape record, or video the interactions and send it to a newspaper, then see what the teacher's fate will be... (partly joking here)

He sounds like some sort of villain!

I oughta not say anything if I'm ever in his class! Then again I might get scolded for being too quiet...

Luckily for me, he doesn't mind people who don't talk to him! He does seem to be slightly more lenient with people on the spectrum which is a huge relief for me because he currently teaches my friend who is very severely affected by AS.

That's part of it - there is some don't ask, don't tell among teachers. Often times, the feeling is that it's none of their business, so they stay out of it. Also, an even bigger issue is that the people directly above the teachers that could do something - the administration - often turn a blind eye as well. There are many good ones, but some principals don't want to admit that their school isn't perfect, so problems get swept under the rug that way too. On top of that, (at least here), the unions hold a lot of power and make termination difficult.

While you were partly joking on the last part, and I do believe in a lot of cases it would be going too far, the sad truth is that sometimes nothing ever gets done until it catches widespread, outside attention.

I think the answer is pretty bloody obvious. If he swore like that and acted like that towards students he should be fired, immediately. Doesn't matter if he's a good teacher, crap like that can scar people for life... It's clear that he must have some mental health problems if he acts like that.
Talk to administration, get him fired. Tell your parents; if there's a parents association get them to pressure the school.

Unfortunately in America, tenure keeps teachers like that on the job. It could actually cost over $100,000 in legal fees to fire a teacher!! It's because of the powerful teachers' unions. Yet at the same time, other industries badly need unions!

If I had that teacher I'd just keep my mouth shut in his class.