Swear word limit?

Tyler Durden

Copied from BBC.co.uk news site -

Pupils are being allowed to swear at one Northamptonshire secondary school - as long as they limit their use of bad language to five times a lesson.
A tally of how many times the f-word is used will be kept on the board.

Parents of children at the Weavers School in Wellingborough were told of the new policy in a letter, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

The policy, which comes into effect when term starts next week, has been condemned by parents' groups and MPs.

"In these sorts of situations teachers should be setting clear principles of 'do and don't'," said Nick Seaton, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education.

'Everyday language'

But headmaster Alan Large said he had received no complaints about the policy.

"The reality is that the f-word is part of these young adults' everyday language," he told the Daily Mail.

Assistant headmaster Richard White said the policy was aimed at two classes of 15 and 16-year-olds that were particularly unruly.

"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."

The school, which has 1,130 pupils, also plans to send "praise postcards" to the parents of children who do not swear in class.

What do you guys think of this then. I would have been cained at school for even using the sentence in my signature down below!!!

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

These are 15 and 16 year olds? Well..I know I would have used my 5 word limit in about 2 minutes, but as far as whether it's wrong or not..

I say it's ok..They reward the kids who aren't unruly and they let the other kids swear a little..It prolly cuts back on teacher/student confrontations.

Invictus

Oh my god what a shit hole the UK is decending into.

I start my Teacher Training year as well on Monday, I don't think i'll be implementing the above system.

Mr. Kennedy

This is stupid, if anything it's going to cause more kids to swear. Don't kids know you arn't supposed to use that kind of language in school?

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Blitzkrieg

Administrator

I don't see the problem here.. What does it matter if somebody uses the word "fuck" ..

*I stub my toe on a desk* I say, "Fuck!" ..what's the big deal? Did anyone get hurt by me saying that?

Chewy

Its just going to cause more swearing

The Phantom

So how are they going to keep track of all this? A big scorebord at the back of the class and then they have to stop the lesson every 5seconds to update it?!

The Phantom

Ah okay I just read the bit about on the borad... still their going to have to stop every 5 seconds. Wasting valuble teaching time.

Miakal

Just one more reason to move to America if you are British.

Crocker

News & Rumors Moderator

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