‘You just have to laugh’: several UK educators on handling ‘‘sixseven’ in the educational setting

Around the UK, students have been exclaiming the expression ““six-seven” during lessons in the newest viral phenomenon to spread through educational institutions.

While some instructors have decided to calmly disregard the trend, some have accepted it. A group of teachers explain how they’re coping.

‘I believed I’d made an inappropriate comment’

Earlier in September, I had been talking to my year 11 tutor group about getting ready for their secondary school examinations in June. It escapes me exactly what it was in reference to, but I said something like “ … if you’re targeting results six, seven …” and the whole class started chuckling. It caught me completely by surprise.

My initial reaction was that I’d made an reference to something rude, or that they’d heard something in my accent that appeared amusing. Somewhat frustrated – but honestly intrigued and aware that they had no intention of being hurtful – I asked them to explain. To be honest, the description they provided didn’t make much difference – I remained with little comprehension.

What possibly made it especially amusing was the weighing-up movement I had performed during speaking. I later found out that this often accompanies ““sixseven”: I meant it to assist in expressing the process of me speaking my mind.

With the aim of end the trend I aim to mention it as often as I can. Nothing reduces a trend like this more thoroughly than an teacher striving to get involved.

‘If you give oxygen to it, then it becomes an inferno’

Being aware of it helps so that you can prevent just accidentally making comments like “well, there were 6, 7 thousand unemployed people in Germany in 1933”. When the numerical sequence is unpreventable, possessing a rock-solid classroom conduct rules and expectations on student conduct is advantageous, as you can address it as you would any additional disturbance, but I’ve not really been required to take that action. Guidelines are necessary, but if students embrace what the learning environment is practicing, they will remain more focused by the internet crazes (especially in lesson time).

With six-seven, I haven’t lost any teaching periods, except for an periodic quizzical look and commenting ““indeed, those are numerals, excellent”. When you provide focus on it, it evolves into an inferno. I treat it in the identical manner I would manage any different interruption.

There was the 9 + 10 = 21 trend a few years ago, and there will no doubt be another craze subsequently. This is typical youth activity. When I was growing up, it was performing comedy characters impressions (truthfully outside the classroom).

Students are spontaneous, and In my opinion it’s the educator’s responsibility to react in a approach that guides them toward the direction that will help them toward their academic objectives, which, with luck, is coming out with qualifications instead of a conduct report a mile long for the utilization of arbitrary digits.

‘They want to feel a part of a group’

Students utilize it like a connecting expression in the schoolyard: one says it and the remaining students reply to indicate they’re part of the same group. It’s like a interactive chant or a stadium slogan – an shared vocabulary they use. I believe it has any distinct significance to them; they just know it’s a thing to say. No matter what the latest craze is, they want to be included in it.

It’s prohibited in my learning environment, however – it triggers a reminder if they shout it out – similar to any different calling out is. It’s particularly challenging in mathematics classes. But my pupils at fifth grade are children aged nine to ten, so they’re quite accepting of the guidelines, while I recognize that at secondary [school] it may be a separate situation.

I have served as a educator for 15 years, and these crazes continue for a month or so. This craze will die out in the near future – it invariably occurs, especially once their junior family members start saying it and it ceases to be fashionable. Afterward they shall be engaged with the following phenomenon.

‘You just have to laugh with them’

I started noticing it in August, while instructing in English at a language institute. It was primarily young men uttering it. I educated ages 12 to 18 and it was prevalent with the younger pupils. I had no idea its meaning at the time, but as a young adult and I realised it was just a meme comparable to when I was at school.

The crazes are constantly changing. “Skibidi toilet” was a well-known trend during the period when I was at my training school, but it didn’t particularly occur as often in the learning environment. Differing from ““sixseven”, “skibidi toilet” was not inscribed on the chalkboard in instruction, so pupils were less prepared to adopt it.

I typically overlook it, or sometimes I will laugh with them if I inadvertently mention it, striving to empathise with them and appreciate that it’s merely pop culture. I think they simply desire to experience that feeling of togetherness and companionship.

‘Playfully shouting it means I rarely hear it now’

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