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Tuesday August 30, 2005
UK School to Allow F-Word in Class, But Only Five Times
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WELLINGBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, August 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK secondary school has drafted a new policy for classrooms – pupils are now allowed to swear at teachers, and are allowed to use the f-word up to five times per class before being ‘spoken’ to.
Weavers School contacted parents this week, in advance of next week’s resumption of classes. Assistant headmaster Richard White wrote in the letter to parents, “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,” according to a Daily Mail report. “Over this number the class will be spoken to by the teacher at the end of the lesson.”
Parents responded to the new guideline, criticizing it as “ludicrous,” and “wholly irresponsible.” “This appears to be a misguided attempt to speak to kids on their own level,” said one father.
Tory MP Ann Widdecombe, who is critical of the new policy, asked, “What next? Do we allow people to speed five times or burgle five times? You don't improve something by allowing it, you improve something by discouraging it.”
The school, which was condemned last November as “not effective” by inspectors, also said it would send “praise postcards” to parents of students who exercise enough self-control to not swear at their teachers and who arrive at class on time.
See Daily Mail coverage:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=3606...
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