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Across the UK, school pupils have been exclaiming the words “sixseven” during classes in the most recent meme-based trend to take over classrooms.

Although some instructors have chosen to patiently overlook the craze, others have embraced it. A group of educators share how they’re managing.

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

During September, I had been addressing my eleventh grade students about getting ready for their qualification tests in June. I don’t recall specifically what it was in connection with, but I said words similar to “ … if you’re aiming for marks six, seven …” and the whole class started chuckling. It caught me totally off guard.

My initial reaction was that I’d made an reference to an inappropriate topic, or that they detected a quality in my speech pattern that appeared amusing. Somewhat exasperated – but truly interested and aware that they had no intention of being mean – I asked them to clarify. To be honest, the clarification they provided didn’t provide significant clarification – I remained with little comprehension.

What might have rendered it extra funny was the evaluating movement I had made while speaking. Subsequently I learned that this typically pairs with ““sixseven”: My purpose was it to assist in expressing the process of me thinking aloud.

With the aim of eliminate it I attempt to bring it up as much as I can. Nothing diminishes a trend like this more effectively than an adult trying to join in.

‘Providing attention fuels the fire’

Knowing about it assists so that you can prevent just blundering into remarks like “well, there were 6, 7 hundred unemployed people in Germany in 1933”. In cases where the numerical sequence is unpreventable, having a rock-solid classroom conduct rules and standards on student conduct really helps, as you can sanction it as you would any additional interruption, but I haven’t actually been required to take that action. Policies are one thing, but if learners accept what the school is doing, they’ll be more focused by the viral phenomena (especially in class periods).

With six-seven, I haven’t lost any instructional minutes, except for an occasional raised eyebrow and commenting ““indeed, those are numerals, excellent”. When you provide attention to it, it evolves into a blaze. I handle it in the equivalent fashion I would manage any additional disturbance.

Previously existed the nine plus ten equals twenty-one trend a previous period, and there will no doubt be a new phenomenon following this. That’s children’s behavior. During my own youth, it was doing comedy characters impersonations (truthfully away from the school environment).

Young people are spontaneous, and I think it falls to the teacher to react in a manner that guides them toward the direction that will get them to their educational goals, which, fingers crossed, is graduating with certificates as opposed to a behaviour list a mile long for the employment of meaningless numerals.

‘They want to feel a part of a group’

Young learners employ it like a connecting expression in the schoolyard: a student calls it and the others respond to indicate they’re part of the identical community. It’s like a interactive chant or a sports cheer – an shared vocabulary they possess. In my view it has any specific significance to them; they simply understand it’s a trend to say. No matter what the current trend 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 different shouting out is. It’s particularly tricky in maths lessons. But my students at year 5 are nine to 10-year-olds, so they’re relatively adherent to the rules, while I appreciate that at secondary [school] it could be a different matter.

I have served as a teacher for a decade and a half, and these crazes continue for a few weeks. This craze will diminish in the near future – this consistently happens, particularly once their younger siblings start saying it and it stops being trendy. Then they’ll be focused on the following phenomenon.

‘Occasionally sharing the humor is essential’

I first detected it in August, while teaching English at a international school. It was mostly male students uttering it. I taught ages 12 to 18 and it was widespread within the junior students. I was unaware what it was at the time, but being twenty-four and I understood it was just a meme similar to when I was a student.

These trends are always shifting. “Skibidi toilet” was a well-known trend during the period when I was at my educational institute, but it didn’t particularly occur as often in the learning environment. Unlike ““67”, ““that particular meme” was never written on the whiteboard in lessons, so pupils were less prepared to adopt it.

I simply disregard it, or occasionally I will smile with the students if I inadvertently mention it, trying to understand them and recognize that it is just youth culture. I think they just want to experience that feeling of belonging and companionship.

‘Playfully shouting it means I rarely hear it now’

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