‘It’s impossible not to smile’: several UK instructors on coping with ‘six-seven’ in the school environment

Across the UK, students have been calling out the words ““67” during classes in the most recent viral trend to take over educational institutions.

While some educators have decided to stoically ignore the trend, different educators have embraced it. Several instructors explain how they’re managing.

‘My initial assumption was that I’d uttered something offensive’

During September, I had been speaking with my secondary school tutor group about preparing for their GCSE exams in June. It escapes me precisely what it was in connection with, but I said words similar to “ … if you’re targeting marks six, seven …” and the entire group started chuckling. It caught me entirely unexpectedly.

My immediate assumption was that I might have delivered an hint at an offensive subject, or that they’d heard an element of my speech pattern that seemed humorous. Somewhat annoyed – but truly interested and aware that they weren’t malicious – I persuaded them to explain. Honestly, the clarification they offered failed to create much difference – I continued to have minimal understanding.

What possibly rendered it extra funny was the considering movement I had executed while speaking. Subsequently I found out that this often accompanies “six-seven”: I had intended it to assist in expressing the action of me thinking aloud.

To end the trend I aim to mention it as often as I can. No strategy diminishes a trend like this more effectively than an teacher attempting to join in.

‘Feeding the trend creates a blaze’

Understanding it aids so that you can avoid just blundering into statements like “indeed, there were 6, 7 million jobless individuals in Germany in 1933”. If the numerical sequence is inevitable, having a rock-solid student discipline system and standards on pupil behavior is advantageous, as you can deal with it as you would any additional disturbance, but I’ve not really been required to take that action. Policies are necessary, but if learners buy into what the school is implementing, they’ll be less distracted by the online trends (especially in class periods).

Concerning six-seven, I haven’t sacrificed any teaching periods, except for an infrequent eyebrow raise and stating ““indeed, those are numerals, excellent”. When you provide focus on it, it transforms into a blaze. I address it in the same way I would treat any other disruption.

There was the mathematical meme craze a previous period, and there will no doubt be a new phenomenon following this. That’s children’s behavior. Back when I was youth, it was doing comedy characters mimicry (truthfully away from the classroom).

Children are unpredictable, and I think it falls to the teacher to behave in a manner that steers them in the direction of the course that will help them where they need to go, which, fingers crossed, is coming out with academic achievements as opposed to a behaviour list lengthy for the employment of arbitrary digits.

‘Students desire belonging to a community’

Students employ it like a connecting expression in the playground: a pupil shouts it and the remaining students reply to show they are the same group. It resembles a call-and-response or a stadium slogan – an common expression they possess. I believe it has any specific importance to them; they merely recognize it’s a phenomenon to say. Whatever the latest craze is, they seek to be included in it.

It’s banned in my classroom, though – it’s a warning if they call it out – just like any other calling out is. It’s particularly tricky in numeracy instruction. But my class at primary level are pre-teens, so they’re fairly accepting of the regulations, whereas I appreciate that at high school it may be a distinct scenario.

I’ve been a educator for fifteen years, and these phenomena persist for three or four weeks. This craze will fade away soon – this consistently happens, notably once their younger siblings begin using it and it ceases to be fashionable. Then they’ll be focused on the subsequent trend.

‘You just have to laugh with them’

I started noticing it in August, while teaching English at a international school. It was primarily boys repeating it. I taught students from twelve to eighteen and it was prevalent among the younger pupils. I was unaware its meaning at the time, but I’m 24 years old and I realised it was simply an internet trend akin to when I was a student.

The crazes are continuously evolving. “Skibidi toilet” was a popular meme during the period when I was at my teacher preparation program, but it didn’t particularly exist as much in the learning environment. In contrast to ““sixseven”, ““the skibidi trend” was not scribbled on the board in instruction, so pupils were less prepared to embrace it.

I typically overlook it, or sometimes I will smile with the students if I accidentally say it, attempting to empathise with them and understand that it’s merely contemporary trends. I believe they simply desire to feel that sense of togetherness and camaraderie.

‘Lighthearted usage has diminished its occurrence’

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