No Effing Way

Now is not a good time to be studying to become a teacher.

"U.K. school tailors policy to foul mouths

Students can use 'f-word' up to 5 times per lesson"

"According to a report in the U.K.’s Daily Mail, one school in the town of Wellingborough is allowing pupils to swear at teachers, providing they only do so no more than five times in a class. A tally of how many times the f-word is used will be kept and if the class exceeds the limit, they will be “spoken” to, the newspaper reported."

"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,"

"[They] also reported that the 1,130-pupil school plans to send “praise postcards” to the parents of children who do not swear and who turn up on time for lessons."

The whole thing is ludicrous! I'm speechless, it's just incredible. What are they going to do if students start swearing AT the teacher? That's abuse in the workplace -- teachers already take too much shit as it is. This is disgusting. I need some chocolate, and I also need to rethink my career. Or at least, go teach in some country where it's still legal to beat your pupils.... mouahahaha.