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Throughout the UK, students have been shouting out the phrase ““67” during classes in the most recent viral trend to sweep across schools.

Whereas some educators have opted to stoically ignore the craze, others have accepted it. Several educators describe how they’re coping.

‘I thought I had said something rude’

Earlier in September, I had been talking to my secondary school students about getting ready for their qualification tests in June. I don’t recall precisely what it was in relation to, but I said something like “ … if you’re aiming for grades six, seven …” and the complete classroom erupted in laughter. It took me entirely unexpectedly.

My immediate assumption was that I’d made an hint at something rude, or that they perceived a quality in my accent that sounded funny. Somewhat exasperated – but genuinely curious and aware that they weren’t hurtful – I persuaded them to elaborate. Frankly speaking, the clarification they offered didn’t provide significant clarification – I remained with little comprehension.

What possibly caused it to be especially amusing was the considering gesture I had executed while speaking. Subsequently I learned that this often accompanies “six-seven”: My purpose was it to help convey the act of me speaking my mind.

In order to eliminate it I attempt to mention it as often as I can. No strategy diminishes a trend like this more emphatically than an adult trying to participate.

‘If you give oxygen to it, then it becomes an inferno’

Understanding it assists so that you can prevent just unintentionally stating statements like “indeed, there were 6, 7 million people without work in Germany in 1933”. In cases where the digit pairing is unavoidable, possessing a rock-solid school behaviour policy and expectations on student conduct really helps, as you can deal with it as you would any additional disruption, but I’ve not really needed to implement that. Guidelines are one thing, but if learners embrace what the educational institution is practicing, they will remain better concentrated by the online trends (at least in lesson time).

Regarding sixseven, I haven’t sacrificed any lesson time, aside from an periodic quizzical look and commenting ““indeed, those are numerals, excellent”. When you provide attention to it, it transforms into a blaze. I handle it in the equivalent fashion I would handle any additional interruption.

There was the mathematical meme trend a while back, and there will no doubt be a new phenomenon following this. It’s what kids do. During my own growing up, it was doing television personalities impersonations (honestly outside the classroom).

Young people are unforeseeable, and In my opinion it’s an adult’s job to respond in a manner that guides them toward the course that will enable them where they need to go, which, hopefully, is coming out with academic achievements rather than a conduct report extensive for the utilization of arbitrary digits.

‘Students desire belonging to a community’

Young learners use it like a unifying phrase in the recreation area: one says it and the other children answer to show they are the same group. It resembles a call-and-response or a football chant – an shared vocabulary they share. I believe it has any distinct meaning to them; they merely recognize it’s a trend to say. Whatever the latest craze is, they desire to experience belonging to it.

It’s banned in my learning environment, though – it results in a caution if they call it out – similar to any different calling out is. It’s notably challenging in numeracy instruction. But my class at fifth grade are children aged nine to ten, so they’re relatively compliant with the guidelines, whereas I appreciate that at teen education it may be a different matter.

I’ve been a teacher for 15 years, and these crazes persist for three or four weeks. This craze will fade away in the near future – it invariably occurs, especially once their little brothers and sisters commence repeating it and it stops being trendy. Afterward they shall be engaged with the subsequent trend.

‘You just have to laugh with them’

I started noticing it in August, while instructing in English at a foreign language school. It was primarily male students uttering it. I taught ages 12 to 18 and it was common with the younger pupils. I didn’t understand what it was at the time, but I’m 24 years old and I realised it was merely a viral phenomenon comparable to when I was at school.

The crazes are constantly changing. ““Skibidi” was a popular meme during the period when I was at my teacher preparation program, but it didn’t particularly exist as much in the classroom. In contrast to “six-seven”, ““that particular meme” was never written on the whiteboard in class, so pupils were less equipped to pick up on it.

I typically overlook it, or sometimes I will smile with the students if I inadvertently mention it, attempting to understand them and appreciate that it’s simply pop culture. I believe they just want to feel that sense of belonging and camaraderie.

‘Humorous repetition has reduced its frequency’

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