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You can use the f-word in class (but only five times)
Daily Mail ^
| 09:58am 29th August 2005
Posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:42 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: education; fword; language; profanity; schoolchildren; schools
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To: fortunecookie
Unbelievable
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posted on
08/30/2005 2:11:58 PM PDT
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: pipecorp
fight? Absolutely no.
fag?. You get to the principal's office right now, mister!!
And you and your parents will be called in for 're-education', separately of course.
To: fortunecookie
In brooklyn, five times is par BEFORE the verb.
To: fortunecookie
If it has to be quantified at all, they shouldn't be saying it. This doesn't pass the giggle test.
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posted on
08/30/2005 2:14:58 PM PDT
by
msnimje
To: farlander
Just shows you how far have some things declined... You said it. Could you imagine? We addressed them by title. No food or gum. No bad language. And those who did? Detention or suspension. Some schools don't even have detention anymore. I was shocked by that one.
well at least I take solace in the fact that my kids *will* know the proper meaning of the words "respect" and "honor".
Mine, too. It's all we can do anymore.
To: fortunecookie
When I was in school 5 times was the bare minimum it was mentioned.
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posted on
08/30/2005 2:15:39 PM PDT
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: fortunecookie
People are idiots... they're allowing the students to walk all over them. Great lesson. In contrast, my Latin teacher limited us to 3 bathroom/locker trips per SEMESTER and held us to it.
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posted on
08/30/2005 2:15:55 PM PDT
by
RedBeaconNY
(Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
To: fortunecookie
When I went to school, back in the early '60s, a single instance of the F-word was enough to get you expelled. A classmate of mine in the 5th grade once tried it, and they made a federal case out of it--they actually called the police, and his parents, to the school. We didn't see him again for weeks. Needless to say, you didn't hear too much vulgarity in that school!
29
posted on
08/30/2005 2:16:51 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: fortunecookie
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posted on
08/30/2005 2:17:12 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: thoughtomator
Well, the students can drop the f-bomb 6 times, but the players are f***in exempt!
To: fortunecookie
Oh you mean Fire Truck, That the only word I know in my vocabulary that starts with F and ends with K.
32
posted on
08/30/2005 2:20:34 PM PDT
by
Petey139
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
08/30/2005 2:22:24 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: fortunecookie
I taught at the college level some years ago and we had a similar pollution problem. We delt with it very successfully by implementing the
"Cusscans "
. Cost you 25 cents for each utterance.This worked so well that we were only able to finance one pizza party at the end of each semester. Where have we gone wrong???
34
posted on
08/30/2005 2:23:06 PM PDT
by
jos65
To: fortunecookie
What about reciprocity? The teachers should be allowed to have sex with the students five times before they get in trouble.
/Sarcasm
35
posted on
08/30/2005 2:24:42 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: Disambiguator
The teachers should be allowed to have sex with the students five times before they get in trouble. Is that five times with EACH student, or five times overall?
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posted on
08/30/2005 2:30:14 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Syberyenta
Kind of like when I was in the army:
"You bucking buck mutherbucker! I'm going to buck you in the mutherbucking buck with a mutherbucking buck you bucking mutherbucker."
Just replace all nouns with some verions of buck. Not hard to get your 5 in one sentence.
37
posted on
08/30/2005 2:30:35 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Disambiguator
And cheat 5 times before they fail the class.
To: thoughtomator
Merde! Ordure!
Saw a bumper sticker: "Ordure Eventuates"
39
posted on
08/30/2005 2:32:08 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Aetius
Hogwash! Hogwash! Hogwash! Hogwash! Hogwash! (is that 5?)
40
posted on
08/30/2005 2:32:26 PM PDT
by
bboop
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