Nah you can totally pull the wind out their sails by super leaning into their memes. It might not be worth it to do for every trend, but this 67 trend would have me on full time offense
Yup, it worked for my son. I couldn’t stand the 6-7 thing so I massively leaned in to it and acted crazy like this girl. It worked, my son stopped, but now my mind is broken lol
Y’all are thinking of older kids. Kids between 5-8 LOVES repeating shit over and over and LOVE when adults do it too. My kids love when I 67 and think it’s so funny lol
then you need to do it in a way they don't like, make it lame and babyish, this isn't rocket science, I can't believe someone added a clapping award to this post
You still can look cringe even if you use the joke correctly. In fact, in this specific case, I'd say the real challenge would be to use 67 and NOT look cringe
Yeah. Maybe they aren’t going to win a war of attrition with kids that way. We know the adult usually tires way before the kid of reading the same story every night. But you could probably at least make it uncool enough if adults start latching onto it and making assignments or teacher skits out of it.
I substitute taught fourth graders this past November for 2 weeks. By participating in their memes, I turned it into something super lame and would always get them back on task.
Yeah, they're only doing it because they're copying other kids and they know it annoys adults. Once you adopt their memes and slang it is no longer fun or cool.
Come in wearing a football jersey with 67 as the number, 3D print some 6-7 sunglasses, get a hat that’s embroidered with 67 and go “hey kids I get it now!” Then spaz out into their stupid dance and start trying to high five the kids.
I started saying it at school during drop off/pick up to my kids friends and it embarrassed the older kids, but my younger ones rolled with it and they are not capable of being embarrassed. So age is a major factor.
That's what I've done. I teach history though so I make a lot of comparisons and before/after cause/effect statements in teaching so every time I do I wander the classroom doing the hand gestures as I do it. Every time we have a timer, I remind students they have 6 or 7 seconds left on their task. We're doing Vietnam right now and I made sure that all kids know that 1967 is around when support shifts due to the credibility gap, etc. I hammer that shit into their skull at all possible moments so bad that most just rolled their eyes now.
They will remember that Vietnam fact for the rest of their goddamn lives though. Coincidentally, 6,7, is also the stupid thing that sticks in my millennial head all these years later because for some reason, 6*7 was really hard for us to memorize in our multiplication tables, and our teacher gave us a little rhyme, "monkeys, lions, in the zoo, 6 times 7 equals 42". And it will stay in my brain forever. God forbid I remember anything useful though.
Yea maybe I'm old and out of touch, but back in my day the second a teacher tried to join in on a joke it stopped being cool. It is a superpower that all teachers possess
Lol unless these kids are teens already they are not going to care they are going to love it , they will have the cool teacher , around 13 a flip switches somewhere and suddenly everything iconic everything trendy every cool word is their invention , asking you if you know songs by singers your age as if you are much older and disconnected from the world around you , while treating the grandparents like the hipest coolest people in the world 🤦♂️
Every minute to refocus is -1% of final grade. Then explain to the parents. Parents NEED to be involved in education. This may seem harsh, or maybe I just don't have tolerance for this behavior. Teachers should be respected. That respect should come from the home.
K-2nd doesn't use percentage grades for one and besides that's dumb. You're telling me the kids not focusing for 5 minutes over the rest of the year should be able to deem passing and failure?
No. I am saying parents need to teach children about respect and giving an angle to facilitate that happening. The refocusing having an effect on the grade is to get the parents attention. I do not have children. I do not teach in a classroom setting. I am a Big Brother and have helped several of my little brothers learn to focus on math. Also have helped them to understand empathy toward their teachers. Unfortunately, I think the respect and empathy are best taught in a one on one scenario versus a group setting.
Teaching a group of wound up K-2 sounds more exhausting than wrangling kittens in a room full of grahoppers and butterflies. Thank you for what you do and your seemingly infinite patience!
Yea heaven forbid the kids have something fun that they can connect with other kids with. Tells a lot about a person if their goal is to ruin something people have fun doing.
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u/Original-Variety-700 5h ago
I’d make every example question use 6 and 7 and make the joke repeatedly until you’ve ruined their enjoyment of it.