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# F-Word Endorsed . . .
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2191/
- Published: 2005-08-29T15:45:28.000Z
- Updated: 2005-08-29T15:45:28.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Education, #wpChunk

. . . By one school in Britain:

> Pupils are being allowed to swear at one Northamptonshire secondary school - as long as they limit their use of bad language to five times a lesson.

> A tally of how many times the f-word is used will be kept on the board. . .

> \[H\]eadmaster Alan Large said he had received no complaints about the policy.

> "The reality is that the f-word is part of these young adults' everyday language," he told the Daily Mail.

> Assistant headmaster Richard White said the policy was aimed at two classes of 15 and 16-year-olds that were particularly unruly.

> "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," he wrote in the letter.

[Link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/4194098.stm?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

The idiocy of this policy is layered. We'll just list a few:

\* Just because the kids use the f-word, doesn't mean better vocabulary can't be expected of them. (We won't address the intellectual laziness behind all vulgarities.)  
 \* If you fail to expect more of students, you won't get more.  
 \* By allowing it in the schools, the f-word receives legitimacy.  
 \* By tallying the results, you actually encourage its use.  
 \* Students not otherwise disposed to use the f-word might be encouraged, or feel pressure, to do so.