As children throughout the country head back to school, many of them are probably muttering a few choice words about the prospect of returning to the classroom and the expected onslaught of homework. But can they utter those choice words and swear at their teachers? If they’re heading back to school in one town in England, then yes, they can.According to a report in the U.K.’s Daily Mail, one school in the town of Wellingborough is allowing pupils to swear at teachers, providing they only do so no more than five times in a class. A tally of how many times the f-word is used will be kept and if the class exceeds the limit, they will be “spoken” to, the newspaper reported.
Wonder if it applies to teachers, too. I will probably have to stick to just thinking it.
-- Wenatchee, Wash.
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That has to be the most hilarious school policy I have ever heard. And it should definitely apply to teachers too. Picture it:
"Do your f***ing work, Bobby."
"F*** you, Mrs. Bindergarten (who, by the way, goes to kindergarten) I don't want to write this f***ing essay."
"Bobby, shut the f*** up, sit the f*** down, and write the f***ing paper!"
A conversation like this, and the only consequence is a couple tally marks!? C'mon, it would lighten the mood a bit...I love it!
Imagine the IEP...."your child cannot meet standard due to the fact that he is a f***ing moron.
Ah, nothing like lightening the load of discipline. Great to see schools taking steps backward in that department.
Now, Adam, don't generalize about all schools based on the absurd (in my mind) actions of one British school.
If you want to discuss discipline in the schools, you should focus on parents whose litigious ways have essentially lessened the effectiveness of discipline in schools. Additionally, state and federal mandates have usurped power from the classroom and allowed mediocrity and substandard accomplishments to suffice in an increasingly demanding culture.
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