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Across the UK, learners have been exclaiming the expression ““six-seven” during classes in the newest internet-inspired craze to spread through schools.

Although some teachers have decided to calmly disregard the trend, others have incorporated it. A group of teachers share how they’re dealing.

‘I believed I’d made an inappropriate comment’

Back in September, I had been addressing my eleventh grade tutor group about getting ready for their qualification tests in June. I can’t remember exactly what it was in reference to, but I said words similar to “ … if you’re aiming for marks six, seven …” and the complete classroom started chuckling. It took me entirely unexpectedly.

My immediate assumption was that I’d made an hint at something rude, or that they’d heard an element of my accent that sounded funny. Slightly exasperated – but honestly intrigued and mindful that they weren’t trying to be mean – I asked them to clarify. Honestly, the description they provided didn’t provide greater understanding – I continued to have little comprehension.

What possibly rendered it extra funny was the considering motion I had performed during speaking. I have since learned that this typically pairs with ““67”: I had intended it to help convey the process of me speaking my mind.

To kill it off I aim to reference it as often as I can. No approach diminishes a phenomenon like this more effectively than an adult attempting to join in.

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

Being aware of it helps so that you can avoid just blundering into statements like “for example, there existed 6, 7 hundred unemployed people in Germany in 1933”. In cases where the digit pairing is unavoidable, possessing a strong student discipline system and expectations on pupil behavior really helps, as you can address it as you would any additional interruption, but I rarely been required to take that action. Rules are necessary, but if pupils buy into what the learning environment is implementing, they’ll be better concentrated by the online trends (at least in lesson time).

With sixseven, I haven’t sacrificed any teaching periods, aside from an infrequent quizzical look and commenting ““indeed, those are numerals, excellent”. When you provide focus on it, it transforms into an inferno. I address it in the same way I would handle any additional disruption.

There was the mathematical meme craze a while back, and undoubtedly there will emerge another craze following this. That’s children’s behavior. During my own youth, it was performing Kevin and Perry impersonations (honestly out of the school environment).

Students are unforeseeable, and I think it’s the educator’s responsibility to respond in a manner that redirects them back to the course that will help them toward their academic objectives, which, with luck, is completing their studies with academic achievements as opposed to a disciplinary record lengthy for the utilization of meaningless numerals.

‘Students desire belonging to a community’

Young learners utilize it like a bonding chant in the playground: a pupil shouts it and the others respond to demonstrate they belong to the same group. It’s similar to a verbal exchange or a football chant – an shared vocabulary they use. I don’t think it has any specific importance to them; they just know it’s a thing to say. No matter what the latest craze is, they seek to be included in it.

It’s prohibited in my learning environment, though – it triggers a reminder if they exclaim it – just like any additional calling out is. It’s particularly difficult in mathematics classes. But my pupils at fifth grade are children aged nine to ten, so they’re relatively compliant with the guidelines, while I recognize that at secondary [school] it could be a different matter.

I’ve been a instructor for 15 years, and such trends last for a few weeks. This trend will fade away soon – they always do, particularly once their little brothers and sisters start saying it and it’s no longer fashionable. Subsequently they will be engaged with the next thing.

‘Occasionally sharing the humor is essential’

I first detected it in August, while teaching English at a international school. It was primarily male students repeating it. I taught students from twelve to eighteen and it was prevalent with the junior students. I had no idea what it was at the time, but I’m 24 years old and I recognized it was simply an internet trend similar to when I was at school.

These trends are continuously evolving. “Skibidi toilet” was a popular meme back when I was at my teacher preparation program, but it didn’t particularly occur as often in the educational setting. Unlike “six-seven”, “skibidi toilet” was not inscribed on the whiteboard in instruction, so learners were less equipped to adopt it.

I simply disregard it, or sometimes I will smile with the students if I unintentionally utter it, striving to relate to them and appreciate that it is just youth culture. I think they just want to enjoy that sensation of belonging and camaraderie.

‘Playfully shouting it means I rarely hear it now’

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