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Throughout the UK, learners have been shouting out the phrase ““six-seven” during lessons in the latest internet-inspired trend to take over schools.

Although some instructors have decided to stoically ignore the craze, others have incorporated it. A group of instructors share how they’re dealing.

‘I thought I had said something rude’

During September, I had been addressing my year 11 tutor group about preparing for their secondary school examinations in June. I can’t remember precisely what it was in connection with, but I said a phrase resembling “ … if you’re targeting results six, seven …” and the entire group burst out laughing. It took me totally off guard.

My immediate assumption was that I might have delivered an reference to something rude, or that they perceived a quality in my speech pattern that sounded funny. Slightly annoyed – but genuinely curious and conscious that they weren’t trying to be malicious – I persuaded them to elaborate. Honestly, the explanation they provided didn’t provide greater understanding – I remained with no idea.

What could have caused it to be especially amusing was the weighing-up movement I had executed while speaking. I have since found out that this typically pairs with “six-seven”: My purpose was it to help convey the process of me verbalizing thoughts.

In order to kill it off I attempt to bring it up as much as I can. No strategy diminishes a craze like this more effectively than an teacher striving to join in.

‘Providing attention fuels the fire’

Being aware of it assists so that you can steer clear of just blundering into comments like “for example, there existed 6, 7 million people without work in Germany in 1933”. When the digit pairing is inevitable, having a rock-solid classroom conduct rules and expectations on student conduct really helps, as you can address it as you would any different interruption, but I haven’t actually been required to take that action. Rules are necessary, but if pupils buy into what the school is doing, they will remain less distracted by the viral phenomena (particularly in class periods).

With sixseven, I haven’t lost any instructional minutes, except for an infrequent quizzical look and saying ““indeed, those are numerals, excellent”. If you give focus on it, it transforms into a blaze. I treat it in the identical manner I would treat any different disturbance.

There was the mathematical meme craze a previous period, and certainly there will appear another craze following this. This is typical youth activity. When I was youth, it was performing Kevin and Perry impressions (admittedly away from the school environment).

Students are spontaneous, and I believe it’s the educator’s responsibility to react in a manner that redirects them back to the direction that will enable them toward their academic objectives, which, hopefully, is coming out with certificates instead of a behaviour list lengthy for the employment of arbitrary digits.

‘Children seek inclusion in social circles’

The children use it like a connecting expression in the playground: a student calls it and the other children answer to show they are the identical community. It’s like a call-and-response or a football chant – an agreed language they possess. I don’t think it has any specific meaning to them; they just know it’s a trend to say. Regardless of what the newest phenomenon is, they seek to feel part of it.

It’s banned in my learning environment, however – it results in a caution if they call it out – just like any other calling out is. It’s especially tricky in mathematics classes. But my class at year 5 are pre-teens, so they’re relatively adherent to the rules, while I recognize that at high school it could be a separate situation.

I have worked as a teacher for fifteen years, and these phenomena continue for three or four weeks. This craze will fade away in the near future – it invariably occurs, especially once their younger siblings commence repeating it and it’s no longer trendy. Subsequently they will be focused on the next thing.

‘Occasionally sharing the humor is essential’

I first detected it in August, while teaching English at a foreign language school. It was mainly male students uttering it. I taught ages 12 to 18 and it was common with the less experienced learners. I had no idea its significance at the time, but as a young adult and I recognized it was merely a viral phenomenon comparable to when I attended classes.

Such phenomena are continuously evolving. “Skibidi toilet” was a well-known trend at the time when I was at my teacher preparation program, but it didn’t really occur as often in the educational setting. In contrast to ““sixseven”, ““the skibidi trend” was not inscribed on the board in class, so learners were less equipped to adopt it.

I typically overlook it, or occasionally I will chuckle alongside them if I accidentally say it, attempting to empathise with them and appreciate that it is just youth culture. I believe they simply desire to experience that feeling of belonging and companionship.

‘Playfully shouting it means I rarely hear it now’

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