Banned phrase: I use Arch btw
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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (14 children)

The concept of "banned words" (other than the offensive stuff, of course) in a classroom is so funny to me. There is no way that the person who came up with that wasn't the sourest loser ever.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I always assumed (hoped) these were put up as jokes by the teachers. "Dang it Jeremy that's another one for the board!" type of banter.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It often is. Teachers understand those kids need to have something that they can call their own. Every generation does these things with language.

    But I'm sure there are some teachers out there that foolishly try to squash the words.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Try teaching middle school. You’ll understand. That being said, teachers mostly do this as a joke.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm a school bus driver and we're supposed to not allow foul language. It's only a problem on the middle school runs, and it's not really worth the effort on my part to do anything about it. I'm just happy when I can unload all the kids and nothing has been set on fire.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    School bus driving--- Mixing truck driving with zoo keeping.........

    Good Luck out there! Keep your sanity! I'm pulling for you!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nah few teachers are actually serious about it. My cousin is a school teacher, she takes all these a little too seriously

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I taught math for a couple of years in my local rural school. The fastest way to get kids to stop using certain annoying words or phrases was to start using them myself. It absolutely ruined the vibe they were going for. Particularity if you used them wrong.

    Still, it seems kids need that type of 'creative' outlet.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Plus kids will find a way. Our english teacher didn't want us to say 'shit', but to use 'sugar' instead.

    There was a lot of 'bullsugar' and similar in that class.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I remember that the vice principal of our Christian high school was annoyed with us saying 'gosh darn', and made the mistake of telling us, "If you're going to say 'gosh darn', you might as well say 'god damn', because that's what you really mean, and the Lort knows your heart."

    ... We all just started flat-out saying 'god damn' like we were told.

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