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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770
You can use the f-word in class (but only five times)
A secondary school is to allow pupils to swear at teachers - as long as they don't do so more than five times in a lesson. A running tally of how many times the f-word has been used will be kept on the board. If a class goes over the limit, they will be 'spoken' to at the end of the lesson.
The astonishing policy, which the school says will improve the behaviour of pupils, was condemned by parents' groups and MPs yesterday. They warned it would backfire.
Parents were advised of the plan, which comes into effect when term starts next week, in a letter from the Weavers School in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
'Tolerate but not condone'
"Within each lesson the teacher will initially tolerate (although not condone) the use of the f-word (or derivatives) five times and these will be tallied on the board so all students can see the running score," he wrote in the letter
"Over this number the class will be spoken to by the teacher at the end of the lesson."
Parents called the rule 'wholly irresponsible and ludicrous'.
"This appears to be a misguided attempt to speak to kids on their own level," said the father of one pupil.
Should have do's and don'ts
Nick Seaton, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said: "In these sort of situations teachers should be setting clear principles of 'do and don't'.
"They should not be compromising in an apparent attempt to please the pupils. This will send out completely the wrong message.
"Youngsters will play up to this and ensure they use their five goes, demeaning the authority of the teacher."
Tory MP Ann Widdecombe said the policy was based on 'Alice in Wonderland reasoning'.
"What next?" she asked. "Do we allow people to speed five times or burgle five times? You don't improve something by allowing it, you improve something by discouraging it."
'Praise postcards'
The 1,130-pupil school, which was criticised as 'not effective' by Ofsted inspectors last November, also plans to send 'praise postcards' to the parents of children who do not swear and who turn up on time for lessons.
Headmaster Alan Large said he had received no complaints about the policy. "The reality is that the fword is part of these young adults' everyday language," he said.
"As a temporary policy we are giving them a bit of leeway, but want them to think about the way they talk and how they might do better."
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what the is this ing thread about i mean ing thought it was something ing worth looking out but the ing piece of is only about ing saying like 5 times... that, ers.....
Thats ing ridiculous...
You could only get out 1 " , etty- - - " without being in trouble? This blows serious donkey balls.
People do this in school all the time. Just depends on the teacher.
I said, ahem, "Suck my bawls, Mistah Garrison."
this is ridiculous
You cant say the f word....What jew?? no you cant say you ing fat ass
What Is this world coming to...
Next thing you know they are going to allow them to have sex In class.
memories............
that's a great way to prepare these kids for the working world. Cause you know we are all free to cuss out our bosses.
This is just a bunch of lazy educators throwing in the towel.
This sounds like a case for the Bloodhound gang...memories............
memories............
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Mammaries..........
damn this ing ed up thread is still ing going on mother er
I agree. I'd likely pull my kids out of that school if nothing could be done about their new "policy".
"The 1,130-pupil school, which was criticised as 'not effective' by Ofsted inspectors last November, also plans to send 'praise postcards' to the parents of children who do not swear and who turn up on time for lessons.
Headmaster Alan Large said he had received no complaints about the policy. "The reality is that the fword is part of these young adults' everyday language," he said. "
I would like to get a 'praise postcard' or better yet some kind of bonus for showing up to work on time and not using the F-word in client meetings...because the reality is I can't get out of bed in the morning, my job is boring as , and the clients are assholes anyway. Where's my bonus?
Children in my house that use the "F" word get a mouth full of Soft Soap.
It doesn't happen very often anymore....you think there might be a connection?
*waiting for Mr. Holland to weigh in on this*
My brother-in-law is a teacher in San Diego. He says every other word the kids use is " " even when talking to teachers. But the kids are so out of control, nobody even tries to do anything about it.
Well in a world where we refer to majority of women as es when speaking of them, im pretty sure isnt that bad....what do you think?
I think teenagers freely using the word ' ' in front of teachers is pretty bad. And it's not like they're not covering the bases by also calling the girls ' es', 'hos', and using pretty much every offensive word known to man. These kids have an extensive vocabulary in Raunch but can barely get by in English .
Imagine a classroom full of GIGs.
I had an English teacher who was so sick of hearing slang and obscenities in the room she made a rule that you could insult whoever you wanted (except her) as long as there was no profanity and you were creative. So, you could call someone a "s -sucking pig" but you couldn't say "you suck."
That really is sad that the school in the article is implementing that rule, though - it's just license to say whatever you want in the room. What happened to actual consequences for inappropriate behavior? What's next - you can hit someone as long as they don't need s ches?
And as for vocabulary, I think that's an area of education that gets seriously overlooked now.
That is a really good idea. I'll tell my sis that if her freshman English class gets out of hand.I had an English teacher who was so sick of hearing slang and obscenities in the room she made a rule that you could insult whoever you wanted (except her) as long as there was no profanity and you were creative. So, you could call someone a "s -sucking pig" but you couldn't say "you suck."
A classroom full of GIGs...holy its the end of the world as we know it.
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