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Around the UK, learners have been exclaiming the words ““67” during lessons in the newest viral phenomenon to take over schools.

Although some instructors have decided to calmly disregard the trend, some have embraced it. Five instructors explain how they’re dealing.

‘I believed I’d made an inappropriate comment’

During September, I had been addressing my secondary school tutor group about preparing for their qualification tests in June. I don’t recall precisely what it was in connection with, but I said something like “ … if you’re targeting grades six, seven …” and the entire group burst out laughing. It surprised me entirely unexpectedly.

My immediate assumption was that I’d made an reference to something rude, or that they perceived something in my pronunciation that appeared amusing. Slightly frustrated – but genuinely curious and aware that they weren’t mean – I persuaded them to elaborate. Honestly, the clarification they provided didn’t provide much difference – I still had little comprehension.

What might have rendered it extra funny was the weighing-up motion I had executed while speaking. I later discovered that this often accompanies “six-seven”: My purpose was it to help convey the action of me verbalizing thoughts.

In order to end the trend I attempt to bring it up as often as I can. No strategy reduces a trend like this more effectively than an teacher trying to participate.

‘Feeding the trend creates a blaze’

Being aware of it helps so that you can steer clear of just accidentally making comments like “well, there were 6, 7 hundred jobless individuals in Germany in 1933”. If the numerical sequence is unpreventable, maintaining a strong school behaviour policy and requirements on pupil behavior is advantageous, as you can sanction it as you would any other disruption, but I rarely needed to implement that. Rules are important, but if pupils embrace what the learning environment is doing, they will become better concentrated by the online trends (especially in instructional hours).

Concerning 67, I haven’t wasted any instructional minutes, other than for an infrequent raised eyebrow and stating ““correct, those are digits, good job”. Should you offer oxygen to it, it transforms into a wildfire. I address it in the same way I would treat any other disruption.

There was the nine plus ten equals twenty-one phenomenon a previous period, and certainly there will appear a different trend following this. It’s what kids do. Back when I was youth, it was imitating television personalities impersonations (admittedly outside the classroom).

Children are unforeseeable, and I believe it’s the educator’s responsibility to respond in a manner that steers them in the direction of the path that will get them to their educational goals, which, hopefully, is completing their studies with qualifications rather than a disciplinary record a mile long for the utilization of random numbers.

‘They want to feel a part of a group’

Young learners employ it like a bonding chant in the playground: one says it and the remaining students reply to indicate they’re part of the equivalent circle. It’s similar to a verbal exchange or a football chant – an agreed language they share. I don’t think it has any particular significance to them; they merely recognize it’s a thing to say. Whatever the current trend is, they want to be included in it.

It’s forbidden in my classroom, nevertheless – it’s a warning if they shout it out – just like any additional verbal interruption is. It’s particularly tricky in numeracy instruction. But my class at year 5 are children aged nine to ten, so they’re fairly accepting of the rules, whereas I recognize that at teen education it might be a different matter.

I have served as a educator for 15 years, and these phenomena last for a few weeks. This trend will fade away shortly – it invariably occurs, especially once their younger siblings commence repeating it and it stops being fashionable. Subsequently they will be on to the following phenomenon.

‘Sometimes joining the laughter is necessary’

I first detected it in August, while instructing in English at a international school. It was mainly male students saying it. I instructed ages 12 to 18 and it was widespread among the junior students. I didn’t understand what it was at the time, but I’m 24 years old and I recognized it was simply an internet trend akin to when I was at school.

Such phenomena are constantly changing. ““Toilet meme” was a familiar phenomenon back when I was at my educational institute, but it failed to exist as much in the learning environment. Unlike “six-seven”, ““the skibidi trend” was not inscribed on the chalkboard in class, so students were less prepared to embrace it.

I simply disregard it, or occasionally I will laugh with them if I inadvertently mention it, trying to empathise with them and appreciate that it’s simply youth culture. In my opinion they simply desire to feel that sense of belonging and camaraderie.

‘Playfully shouting it means I rarely hear it now’

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